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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4599826 | Device for magnetoabrasive machining of workpieces A device for magnetoabrasive machining of workpieces, comprising a carrier ade of a nonmagnetic material and at least one permanent magnet made as a bank of at least four magnetic elements contacting one another with their side surfaces. The bank is situat... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4599827 | Metallographic preparation of particulate filled aluminum metal matrix composite material A method of preparing a particulate filled aluminum metal matrix composite aterial so that it can effectively be examined microscopically and including first rough grinding the sample to produce a flat surface, secondly fine grinding the sample, thirdly ro... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4599828 | Tile having nozzle and means for fixation thereof to a roof A roof tile having a lead-in hole for antenna cords or other elongated bodies of rooftop fixtures comprises a tile body, a pedestal integrally formed on the upper central surface of the tile body, a nozzle integrally formed on the pedestal, and a pipe joi... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4599829 | Modular container building system A building system is formed of modular shipping container units, with each unit having a specific building environment function, so that when the units are structurally vertically supportably mounted and horizontally connected, a complete building is form... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4599830 | Energy saving building and method of constructing same A building and method of constructing same is provided which utilizes a substantially continuous vapor barrier enclosing two or more stories of a building. The second story floor joist assembly is supported on an inner wall assembly in the first story. A ... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4599831 | Ceiling panel security clip device A device for securing ceiling panels to a T-bar support in which two clips are provided: one, a U-shaped panel clip for engaging an end portion of the ceiling panel; and two, a holding clip for snappingly engaging both the U-shaped panel clip and respecti... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4599832 | Extendible structures An extendible structure that can be collapsed to a shorter length and extended to a longer length. A pair of station members are interconnected by at least three longeron members. Each longeron member has two longeron elements that are pivoted together so... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4599833 | Insert retainer for storm door An insert retainer for securing a door insert such as a window or screen unit within the door frame and comprising a one-piece flexible strip having a generally flat first web portion, a second web portion which extends from one end of the first web porti... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4599834 | Seismic isolator A seismic isolator has a sliding plate fixed on the lower surface of a building, a connecting plate underlying the sliding plate, an elastic first support disposed between the connecting plate and a foundation of the building to support the building, a se... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4599835 | Insertable swimming pool step assembly The present invention is a step assembly for insertion into swimming pools. A frame having a plurality of steps connected in an end-to-end fashion rests on the bottom of the pool and adjacent to a pool sidewall. An adjustable adapter step is connected nea... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4599836 | Self-storing window assembly An improved window frame system for slidably retaining sashes in self-storing windows. The frame system comprises four channel members disposed about an opening, having tracks for receiving sashes. A plurality of filler strips are removably positioned in ... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4599837 | Log joining configuration A butt joint for ends of logs when built into a log cabin. It involves the formation of opposed channels in the butted ends of the log with a drill so that complementary shaped locking members can be driven into the channels and then wedged into tight eng... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4599838 | Joint assembly of horizontally opposed curtain wall units In a joint assembly of two adjacent curtain wall units, an exterior gasket is divided into a pair of interfitting male and female halves carried by respective exterior parts of the adjacent vertical frame members. An interior gasket mounted between oppose... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4599839 | Improvement in ceiling blocks Ceiling block construction comprising cast concrete bottom parts with planar walls and upwardly opening depressions for the selective reception of depending projections integrally formed with foam plastic top parts, providing an interlocking structure. A ... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4599840 | Cassette for casting of framework A framework cassette of thin sheet intended to be joined to adjacent cassettes so as to constitute a lost form when casting concrete framework and co-operating with the concrete in the finished framework as regards the absorption of forces. It consists of... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4599841 | Panel structure comprising boards and for instance serving as a floor or a panel A panel structure comprising boards and for instance serving as a floor or a panel, the boards being arranged on the same plane edge to edge. The boards are held together two by two by means of a joining moulding of a substantially T-shaped cross section.... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4599842 | Planar section fastening system A fastening system (10) for fastening planar sections (11, 12) such as flooring boards to a base surface (14) comprising a fastening strip (13) that interlockingly engages in a set of grooves (30) cut in the ends of the boards (11, 12). The fastening stri... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4599843 | Vehicle safety bar An elongated safety bar comprises first and second spaced apart flanges and first and second webs which interconnect the associated side edges of the first and second flanges, the second flange, when viewed in cross section, including a flat central porti... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4599844 | Large baling press for agricultural products A baling press for agricultural products has a pressing chamber limited by a plurality of winding rollers, and a device for wrapping a finished bale with a wrapping material, which is provied for its threading into the pressing chamber with guiding elemen... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4599845 | Automatic device for the drawing of bundles of welded bags of plastic material and for the insertion thereof into container means An automatic device for the drawing of bundles of welded bags of plastic material, and the insertion of the same bundles into container means comprises essentially a first carriage, provided with means for gripping said bundles, and running in a plane par... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4599846 | Capping head A capping head for the rotary application of a cap on a container wherein a housing adapted to be secured to a rotary spindle rotatably carries a chuck of minimal inertial mass in coaxial alignment with the spindle and an improved nonfrictional magnetic c... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4599847 | Thermal cut-off device for packaging machine In wrapping machinery for wrapping articles in heat sealable plastic film, a web of film is drawn from a supply roll and is severed by pulling the film under tension downwardly onto the narrow edge of a thermal cut-off device, which may be a heated rod or... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4599848 | Molded clip reorienter and applicator A device for applying molded plastic clips to unattached containers to form multiple container packages which includes a container alignment device for aligning the unattached containers for application of the clips by generating uniform forces between th... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4599849 | Method and a machine for packing sliced products in a container to be vacuum sealed Method and machine for packing bacon bundles in blister packages. Bacon bundles (2) are placed in the blister package (15) by a lifting arm (17) having rotatable rods (21) and transversally extending tines (22). The rods (21) are rotatable over 90°. The ... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4599850 | Method and apparatus for driving sealing elements in a packing machine A packing machine for making filled and sealed bags from superposed wrapper sheets, has a pair of cooperating sealing rollers for providing longitudinal seams on the superposed wrapper sheets passed therebetween; a mechanism for rotating unidirectionally ... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4599851 | Dry toner cartridge system and method of filling same In a toner cartridge system including a container having a dry toner storage area and dry toner dispensing opening with a flange portion, a removeable, heat sealed strip tape including a flange portion for coacting with the flange portion of the toner dis... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4599852 | Adjustable leaf spring suspension for flexible cutterbar A header for a combine or the like having a cutterbar assembly which is vertically flexible relative to the main frame of the header. Leaf springs are fixedly connected to the header frame and extend forwardly to a sliding connection with the cutterbar as... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4599853 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing compact conductors with bunchers An apparatus and method are described for producing compact stranded conductors on single and double twist machines. This is achieved by preshaping and metering the preshaped wires to have generally sectored cross-sectional profiled complementary configur... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4599854 | Adjustable draft tube An adjustable draft tube is disclosed for a hydraulic turbine installation. The draft tube includes a pair of fabricated box piers which are positioned in a tailwater with the turbine outlet disposed between the piers. The piers are anchored to a tailwate... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4599855 | Controls for the drive of a vehicle with differential speed steering A control drive is provided for the drive of a vehicle, whose steering is effected by a differential driving of the drive wheels of the two sides of the vehicle, where the drive wheels of each vehicle side are driven through a hydrostatic drive unit, whos... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4599856 | Hydraulic apparatus used for operating vehicles A hydraulic apparatus for a vehicle having a propulsion engine comprises a control valve, a flow dividing valve, pumps driven by the engine for delivering fluid to the valves, and steering and implement circuit operatively connected to the control and flo... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4599857 | Method of power generation and its apparatus utilizing gravitation force and buoyancy The present invention relates to an apparatus for the generation of power and its method comprising two cylinders, and pistons disposed in the cylinders, and a lever arm containing weighted balls disposed therein and connected to the pistons, whereby the ... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4599858 | Ocean wave energy device A buoy type wave energy extraction construction in which the natural frequency of vertical oscillation of the buoy is mechanically altered to at least partially conform to the wave frequency occurring during a period of operation, whereby the maximum amou... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4599859 | Combined steam generator and engine A combined steam generator and engine including a means for spraying a finely atomized vaporizable liquid at all areas of an extensive heat exchanging surface. The opposite surface of walls providing the extensive heat exchanging surface is in direct cont... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4599860 | Liquid pressure apparatus A method of shipping and installing a hydraulic system such as a motor vehicle clutch hydraulic release mechanism comprising a driver-operable hydraulic master cylinder, a hydraulic slave cylinder and a conduit connecting the outlet of the master cylinder... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4599861 | Internal combustion hydraulic engine An internal combustion hydraulic engine is powered by compression and ignition of pressurized fuel to pressurize hydraulic fluid. The timing and operation of the engine is controlled by a hydraulically driven distributor valve. A pair of starting valves a... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4599862 | Turbocharger for two-cycle engines and method of operation thereof A turbocharger particularly adapted for use with two-cycle engines and including provision for lubrication at both high and low speeds as well as automatic enriching of the fuel mixture during turbo boost. The shaft is mounted within a housing on a pair o... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4599863 | Compound internal combustion and external combustion engine A compound engine having at least one internal combustion cylinder operating in a conventional manner, and an air or external combustion cylinder associated therewith. The external combustion cylinder operates according to the same cycle as the internal c... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4599864 | Gas engine with gas supply device A gas engine with a gas supply device contains a substantially bell-shaped aluminum intermediate housing open on one side and provided with fins on the interior and exterior. A cylinder of the gas engine with good thermal conduction properties and a sleev... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4599865 | Process for generating steam for power generation by utilizing hydrogen and oxygen obtained by electrolysis of water A method and apparatus for combustion of hydrogen to produce heat, for example to generate steam for power generation. Water is electrolyzed and the hydrogen and a fraction of the oxygen products of electrolysis are passed immediately to a first combustio... | 07/15/1986 |
