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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4525995 | Oil scavening system for gas turbine engine A gas turbine engine intended for airborne applications in which several of the main bearings of the engine are contained in a bearing cavity and oil is scavenged from this cavity by allowing air from the high pressure region of the engine to leak into th... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4525996 | Mounting combustion chambers A front mounting for an annular combustion chamber comprises a flexible ring attached to an engine casing, and radial struts which are attached to the flexible ring and which engage bushes welded to a semi-circular section upstream wall. The arrangement r... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4525997 | Stator assembly for bounding the flow path of a gas turbine engine A stator assembly 20 for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The stator assembly includes an outer case 22 and an array of stator vanes 32 extending inwardly across an annular flow path 18 for working medium gases. The stator assembly includes a duct 34 wh... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4525998 | Clearance control for gas turbine engine Insulation material lines the inner wall of the case of a gas turbine engine and controlled hot and/or cold air is selectively impinged on the outer wall of the case so as to maintain a minimum gap between the outer peripheral edge of the rotating blades ... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4525999 | Actuator for deploying flexible bodies A pneumatic actuator for deploying flexible bodies and the like is disclosed. The actuator is a plurality of telescoping tubes made of high temperature resistant graphite material which are extended by the pressure of gases produced internally by a gas ge... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4526000 | Pressure intensifier A first pressure-intensifying apparatus includes a working cylinder having a working piston mounted within it and reciprocally movable by the application of working fluid alternately to opposite sides of the working piston. The working piston in turn driv... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4526001 | Method and means for controlling air-to-fuel ratio A method for controlling the air-to-fuel ratio fed to an engine or other combustion device provides for periodically adjusting the air-to-fuel ratio to stoichiometric or near stoichiometric, within the response range of the conventional exhaust gas sensor... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4526002 | Exhaust relief system The engine (11) of a stern drive (10) is provided with a vacuum relief valve (28) to relieve any vacuum which may occur in the exhaust manifold (16), thus preventing water from entering the engine through the exhaust system. The relief valve (28) is conne... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4526003 | Master brake cylinder for two-circuit braking systems A master cylinder for a two-circuit brake system which includes anti-skid control has two separate chambers and pistons. The main control piston is associated with an auxiliary piston which it engages after a predetermined amount of travel. The auxiliary ... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4526004 | Exhaust brake valve The disclosure illustrates an exhaust brake valve positioned between a divided section exhaust manifold of an internal combustion engine and the divided flow entry to a turbine wheel of a turbocharger used in conjunction with the engine. The valve compris... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4526005 | Long-period thermal storage accumulators A long-period storage accumulator for storing heat water is used as a storing medium. The water is enclosed in large thinwalled containers which are arranged under the ground. The water pressure forces acting on the container walls are carried by the surr... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4526006 | Heat transfer method and apparatus A boiler for a heat sensitive working fluid in which there are three systems, first, a stream of hot combustion gas system, second, a heat transfer fluid system and lastly, a heat sensitive working fluid system. The heat transfer fluid is at the interface... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4526007 | Electromagnetic turbine system A multifunctional magnetic systems, draft, centrifugal force turbine which employs magnetic attraction and repulsion systems including a turbine with turbine magnets and magnetic shield magnets. The magnetic attraction and repulsion systems are augmented ... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4526008 | Pneumatically controlled split cycle cooler A pneumatically controlled split cycle cooler utilizes a dual piston compressor in conjunction with a remotely positioned head, the dual pistons are angularly spaced to provide in phase and out of phase pressure pulses for the head; and the head includes ... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4526009 | Method of operating a bimodal heat pump, as well as bimodal heat pump for using said method There is provided a method of operating a bimodal heat pump which in a first mode operates as an absorption heat pump and in a second mode operates as an evaporation-condensation device at a comparatively low ambient temperature. When switching from the f... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4526010 | Separation type air conditioner A separated-unit type air conditioner including indoor, outdoor and remote controller units all of which are provided at different locations. Each of the units is provided with a single pair of connecting terminals to which a control device such as a micr... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4526011 | Dew point sensitive computer cooling system A computer cooling system has a mixing valve which supplies coolant to the computer and receives hot return coolant from the computer and also chilled return coolant from a chiller intermediate the computer and the mixing valve. The mixing valve mixes the... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4526012 | Liquid temperature regulator A liquid temperature regulator is disclosed which includes a refrigeration cycle comprising a compressor, a condenser and an evaporator, a liquid tank containing a kind of liquid to be temperature-controlled and the evaporator, and inlet and outlet tubes ... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4526013 | Environmental protection system The disclosure relates to an environmental protection system comprising a Rankine cycle power loop wherein a working fluid is heated by either the combustion of a fuel or by heat exchange from internal combustion engine exhaust. A high frequency turboalte... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4526014 | Water spray unit for ice product making machine The water spray unit is used in conjunction with an ice product making machine having an upright freezing plate or freezing plates, on the surface or surfaces of which a plurality of guide ribs or projections are vertically formed at a preset transverse d... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4526015 | Support for cryostat penetration tube Penetration tubes extending between inner and outer walls of a cryostat necessarily comprise thin walled structures to minimize thermal conduction. However, in cryostat structures in which the inner vessel is capable of undergoing the relative motion with... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4526016 | Ring and singing device with push tab This invention relates to a finger ring adaptor device or bridge that will permit use by the wearer of a ring of a sufficient size to be easily slid over an enlarged knuckle or joint and to be thereafter reduced to a desired snug fit on the phalanx or dig... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4526017 | Knitting density adjusting method A method of adjusting the knitting densities of respective courses when a flat knitted fabric is to be produced. The knitted yarn length having been used in the reference section is compared in the subsequent knitting operation with the reference yarn len... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4526018 | Knitting cam unit and transfer cam unit combination for V-bed flat knitting machines with slider needles A knitting cam unit and transfer cam unit combination for V-bed flat knitg machines wherein needle butts of the needle bodies of slider needles are selectively lowerable in the needle channels of the needle beds by means of a needle selection device, and... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4526019 | Yarn feed mechanism A yarn feed mechanism for a knitting machine incorporates a power operated yarn feed device, for example motor-driven rollers, a yarn take-up device, for example one or more pivotally mounted yarn take-up yarns, and a yarn restraining device, for example ... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4526020 | Tiltable washer A top loading clothes washer pivotally supported so that it can be installed underneath a stationary structure and tilted forward for loading and unloading clothes. The pivotal support is provided by a stable base which also includes apparatus such as a h... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4526021 | Spare tire lock A locking mechanism is designed for a vehicle having a spare tire elevator mechanism, wherein the elevator mechanism includes a drive shaft, a gearbox, and a cable or the like for operatively coupling the gearbox to the tire to elevate it between storage ... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4526022 | Keylock with resettable, bendable lever tumblers Disclosed is a keylock having a key settable lever tumbler which can be bent, by use of an operating key, from an initial neutral configuration to set it to the operating key, and which by use of a change key can be restored to its initial configuration a... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4526023 | Tube flaring tool die assembly A tube flaring tool flare bar assembly is disclosed comprising a pair of elongate parallel flare bars having opposite ends and laterally opposed inner sides provided with cooperable tube supporting recesses. The flare bars are laterally pivotal relative t... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4526024 | Apparatus for forming elongated sheet metal panels Apparatus for forming a flat metal sheet into a panel having a central region of deep corrugations and a marginal edge which is either uncorrugated or has longitudinal or light traverse corrugations therein. A corrugation roll assembly forms the corrugate... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4526025 | Wire or strip bending mechanism A bending mechanism for wire or strip material is provided, which is intended in particular for bending back towards the edge longitudinal wires the projecting end portions of crosswires of reinforcement grids for reinforced concrete construction. The mec... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4526026 | Method and apparatus of producing continuous three-dimensional fabrics A method and device for forming a three-dimensional fabric continously is disclosed. The fabric has a plurality of warp yarns arranged in a two-dimensional array and two sets of weft yarns are interwoven with the weft yarns to form alternate courses. The ... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4526027 | Pre-calibrated fuel quantity capacitive probe A method and apparatus for pre-calibrating capacitive-type fuel quantity probes is proposed in which a voltage divider excitation source is connected to the low impedence electrode of the probe and is used to trim the apparent capacitance down to within a... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4526028 | Process and device for indicating and evaluating environmental parameters A multiplicity of environmental parameters, such as composition of the ambient atmosphere, temperature and air pressure, are concurrently measured with a portable device and registered together with information giving time and location of each measurement... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4526029 | Particle size analysis A method and apparatus for monitoring the fineness of solids in a first suspension of solids in a liquid medium is described. The apparatus comprises a cyclone for separating the first suspension under the influence of a force field into two second suspen... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4526030 | Multi-functional tire testing tool The improved tire gauge of the present invention provides a multi-functional tire testing tool capable of determining the tire tread depth, measuring the tire pressure, and removing and replacing the tire stem cores from the tire valve. The tire tread dep... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4526031 | Method and apparatus for prognosticating potential ice accumulation on a surface exposed to impact icing An article and method for measuring the extent, location and rate of water vapor droplet impingements on various surfaces exposed to multi-dimensional and turbulent flow fields. The article and method are employed in a non-icing atmospheric environment, a... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4526032 | Installation for measuring liquid quantities There is proposed an installation for measuring quantities of liquid (of the liquid measuring motor type) with two cylinders of which the pistons cooperate by means of cranks. Each piston has a crankpin. To vary the crank radius of a crankpin and thereby ... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4526033 | Fill gauge for safety and waste disposal drums A fill gauge is provided which may be used in connection with a storage container to inform an operator of the relative status of a filling operation. A multiplicity of indicia are progressively displayed to provide an initial warning when the filling ope... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4526034 | Krypton hygrometer An improved spectroscopic hygrometer includes a krypton-filled source tube that produces emissions at 123.58 nm for selective absorption by water vapor in a gaseous sample. The method for measuring water vapor density requires generation of ultraviolet ra... | 07/02/1985 |
