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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4508041 | Process for the combustion of coke present on solid particles and for the production of recoverable heat from hydrocarbon-bearing solid particles and apparatus therefor Process and apparatus for the combustion of coke present on solid particles from which hydrocarbons have been substantially removed by heating, and for the production of recoverable heat from hydrocarbon-bearing solid particles, in a series of at least tw... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4508042 | Needle clamp for a sewing machine A needle clamp, fixed at the lower end of the needle bar of a sewing machine. A guide member is provided in the lower portion of the needle clamp locating a sewing needle in a predetermined position in the needle clamp. The guide member has a cylindrical ... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4508043 | Presser foot device on a sewing machine A presser foot device on a sewing machine has a swingingly driven foot which can be shifted by two compressed air cylinders and piston combination and a spring mechanism into an inoperative position and, for adaptation to different work thicknesses, into ... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4508044 | Rebuilt pillow and method of manufacturing the same An existing pillow which has a tick enclosing a stuffing that has deteriorated is inserted into an envelope. The envelope is made of a yielding foam material having a wall thickness sufficient to mask irregularities in the stuffing of the existing pillow.... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4508045 | Sailboard harness A sailing harness adapted to be worn by a sailor and fastened to the sail assembly of a sailboard, for supporting the sailor during sailing and reducing fatigue. The harness includes a buttock-engaging member adapted to surround the sailor's buttocks, a c... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4508046 | Wind surfing hydrofoil apparatus Wind surfing hydrofoil apparatus for enabling hydroplaning of a wind surfing board having a mast mounted centrally thereon between a front end portion and a rear end portion of the board, and comprising a front hydrofoil mounted on the board in juxtaposit... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4508047 | Connections between dividing walls, particularly for the construction of boat hulls To join together at least two light dividing walls, resisting tensile forces and possibly curved, recourse is had to a plurality of fastenings (4,5) each extending radially in at least one direction from a pivot (6), the pivots of these fastenings being s... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4508048 | Pointer mechanism At an extremity of the pointer board of a push-button tuner is fixed a member on which a pointer is mounted. At a surface of the member on which the pointer is mounted. There is disposed a lateral fitting groove having an opening at the front surface. The... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4508049 | Method and a device for the production of electrical components, in particular laminated capacitors Electrical components which have alternate metal and polymer layers carried on a substrate are produced by fixing the substrates on a rotatable drum and rotating the drum through first and second vacuum chambers which are air-locked with respect to each o... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4508050 | Doctor apparatus for coating machine Doctor rod support apparatus, in a coating machine, comprising a support bar which carries inexpensive, simply shaped, doctor rod support members which are inexpensive off-the-shelf items and are mounted so that they can be simply and easily repaired or r... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4508051 | Apparatus for applying viscous substances particularly adhesives An apparatus for the automatic application of an adhesive bead to the frame flange of a window opening of a vehicle body has an all-round rail shaped in accordance with the flange and on which moves a carriage. The carriage supports a discharge nozzle by ... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4508052 | Developing device A developing device is provided with a nonmagnetic sleeve being rotatable and buried in a mixture of a nonmagnetic toner and a magnetic carrier in a casing. A magnet is contained in the sleeve so that a magnetic brush is formed from the mixture on the sle... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4508053 | Vacuum deposition apparatus for manufacturing selenium photoreceptors A vapor deposition apparatus including a vacuum chamber, a vacuum pump for evacuating the chamber, and a mounting assembly disposed within the chamber and adapted to support and electrically isolate a plurality of substrate electrode units to be coated. E... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4508054 | Device for depositing a mineral oxide coating on a substrate Reactive gases providing a coating on a substrate by CVD are made to meet in counterflow, in order to ensure, by the turbulence effect, that there is an almost instantaneous mixing of the reagents. The movement of the gases before contact is ensured by tw... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4508055 | Device for cryogenically fabricating source material for plasma X-ray lasers A device for fabricating a target of a lasing material and a pump material or lasing at X-ray wavelengths wherein one of the materials occurs naturally as a gas. A substrate of the other material is cooled below the freezing point of the one material occur... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4508056 | Target holder with mechanical scanning Target holder with mechanical scanning. The device comprises several target supports mounted on a plate, which rotates about an axis and means for displacing the supports relative to the plate, arranged in such a way that the radial displacement increment... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4508057 | Algal culturing reef unit, artificial reef unit and artificial culturing and fishing field unit An artificial algal culturing reef unit, an artificial reef unit and an artificial culturing and fishing area unit, aimed at raising or culturing algae, fishes and shellfishes, are usually submerged in a shallow sea zone with a depth ranging between 5 and... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4508058 | Milking method and an apparatus therefor The invention relates to a method of milking loose-housing cows which find their way individually to one or more feeding stalls where they are automatically identified and fed with the aid of a computer connected to the identification and feeding means. T... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4508059 | Milking barn A herringbone feeding and milking stall is disclosed wherein a vertical feedbowl framework for each cow is rotatable between ingress, milking and egress positions and in so doing the ingress aisle is made wider in the ingress position, is made narrower in... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4508060 | Skid mounted multiple weaning calf enclosure An elongated floor structure is provided having upstanding opposite end and rear walls supported therefrom. A pair of elongated ground skids are mounted beneath and extend along front and rear marginal portions of the floor structure and a roof structure ... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4508061 | Nipple feeder for dispensing dry feed A feeding apparatus is provided for dispensing dry granular feed directly into a hog's mouth. The apparatus comprises a supply conduit, an elongated feed tube, an auger positioned within said feed tube, and an electric motor or pawl and ratchet mechanism ... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4508062 | Poultry-harvesting assembly A poultry-harvester 10 (FIG. 1) for use in a poultry house comprises two contra-rotating rotors 12, 13 arranged side by side with the flexible fingers 20 of each rotor abutting and/or intermeshing with the fingers 20 of the other rotor. In operation, as t... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4508063 | Mobile positioning body introduction device The present invention relates to a device for introducing a mobile positioning body onto a tube plate of a steam generator through a manhole. The device comprises two substantially parallel rails essentially shaped like a curved angle plate, whereby a trolley ... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4508064 | Internal combustion engine of hydrogen gas A hydrogen gas internal combustion engine provided with a hydrogen gas jet nozzle and water spray jet nozzle in the combustion chamber to directly jet hydrogen gas and the water spray therein. The sprayed water is instantly vaporized to steam by igniting ... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4508065 | Piston cooling oil delivery tube assembly A piston cooling oil delivery tube assembly for an internal combustion engine for use in directing cooling oil from a manifold into the coolant opening of an associated piston is formed with a rigid bracket and nozzle assembly attachable to a cylinder lin... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4508066 | Ceramic head for internal combustion engine A head assembly is disclosed for an internal combustion engine. The assembly is comprised of a cast ceramic body with a coefficient of thermal expansion less than 1.0×10-6 in/in/°F. (lithium aluminum silicate) fitting over the cylinder block ... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4508067 | Tappet and a cam contact member therefor A tappet for cam operation as in an engine valve train has a cavity between a cam-contacting surface and the body of the tappet for allowing the cam-contacting surface to deflect theretoward when contacted by the cam, whereby stresses therein are reduced ... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4508068 | Fuel mixture enrichment system for internal combustion engine A fuel priming system for spark ignited internal combustion engines includes a manually actuated plunger pump for delivering liquid fuel from a tank to a reservoir chamber formed in part by a flexible diaphragm. A fuel injection passage leads from the res... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4508069 | Internal combustion engine balance shaft bearing arrangement at the crankcase A bearing arrangement for the balance shafts for balancing second order inertia forces on an internal combustion engine, in which the balance shafts run parallel to the crankshaft on both longitudinal walls of the crankcase, and have the ends carrying the... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4508070 | Arrangement in the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine In internal combustion engines with electric ignition being driven with petrol, at least part of the area of the combustion chamber and/or piston head is provided with a very fine surface structure which reduces the octane number requirements of the engin... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4508071 | Canister retainer assembly This invention relates to a canister retainer assembly for holding an aerosol canister of starting fluid in an upright position against a mechanical or an electrical valve. This canister retainer assembly is comprised of an adapter and a canister holder. ... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4508072 | Sealing device for timing belt cover and engine mount bracket A sealing device for a timing belt cover and an engine mount bracket comprises a rib formed on said engine mount bracket and a gasket having a lip of C-shaped section and a fixed portion continuous from said lip. The fixed portion of the gasket is attache... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4508073 | Combustion space of a piston driven internal combustion engine A reciprocating lens-like combustion space is formed in a piston internal combustion engine which is located with approximately one-half in a recess of the piston top and with approximately the other half in the cylinder head. By the dimensioning of the c... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4508074 | Intake air quantity control method for internal combustion engines at termination of fuel cut operation A method of controlling the quantity of intake air being supplied to an internal combustion engine equipped with means for increasing the intake air quantity by a required amount in response to operating conditions of the engine. While the engine is decel... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4508075 | Method and apparatus for controlling internal combustion engines In accordance with an amount of a change or a proportion of the change of at least one of operating parameters, such as a crankshaft rotational speed, an intake pipe pressure, etc., of an internal combustion engine equipped with an electronically controll... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4508076 | Idling speeding control system for internal combustion engine The idling speed of an internal combustion engine is controlled by controlling the position of a control valve disposed in the intake system of the engine to control the amount of intake air fed to the engine. A desired idling speed is determined accordin... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4508077 | Fuel pump control apparatus The output of a fuel pump of an internal combustion engine is controlled by the duty cycle of its power supply circuit, which is in turn controlled in accordance with engine and fuel conditions. Sensor signals indicative of the engine and fuel conditions ... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4508078 | Electrically operated engine throttle valve actuating device An engine throttle valve operating device comprising a throttle valve operating foot pedal position detector for detecting the position of the foot pedal and producing a foot pedal position signal corresponding to the position of the foot pedal, a rapid a... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4508079 | Knocking control system for internal combustion engine A knocking control system for an I.C.E. includes a knock detector, and an apparatus for retarding the timing in response to the detection of knocking. This apparatus includes an arithmetic device and a memory map for storing retard values and accessed acc... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4508080 | Injection quantity correcting device for distribution type fuel injection pump A distribution type fuel injection pump in which a control sleeve is provided for changing a time of opening a cut off port which is shiftable on a plunger reciprocating synchronously with rotation, and an injection quantity is controlled by adjusting a p... | 04/02/1985 |
