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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4617765 | Wiper blade edger An edger for manually refurbishing elastomeric wiper blades has a housing to be grasped by a user, the housing having a groove with rigid, non-abrasive sidewalls spaced substantially the same as the width of the working edge of the blade, and an abrasive ... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617766 | Grinding wheel for flat plates A grinding wheel that can rotate at high speed to grind flat plates is comprised of a thin conical grindstone fastened to the open end of a rotatable inverted cup, with the grinding edge projecting outwardly from and at an inclined angle with respect to t... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617767 | Sanding, buffing and polishing tool and parts thereof A sanding, buffing and polishing tool per the invention includes a pad affording means for the mount of an abrasively surfaced device utilizing a hook and loop type fastener structure or its equivalent for their interconnection. The pad in its preferred e... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617768 | Poleshaped supporting member, and base structure for attachment of same A poleshaped supporting member (1) having a tubular cross-section, and a base structure (2) for attachment of same, said poleshaped member (1) having a conically tapering cross-section in direction from the ground plane, said base structure (2) including ... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617769 | Aseismic bearing for bridge structures An aseismic bearing is disclosed for use in a bridge structure in combination with a bridge support and/or sliding bearing. The aseismic bearing permits horizontal movement of the bridge's support to occur under the bridges superstructure while limiting t... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617770 | Nailerless roof edge, framing structure and building panel mounting assembly This disclosure relates to a roof edge assembly for use in forming a raised edge or gravel stop on a roof. The disclosure also relates to a framing structure useful for framing windows and doors; and to a mounting assembly for securing building panels, cu... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617771 | Mechanical fastener for roofing membrane and method of applying same A non-penetrating mechanical fastener for securing a flexible sheet of an elastomeric material to the upper surface of a roof via the use of a plurality of such fasteners, each of which includes upper and lower members, wherein the latter are anchored to ... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617772 | Wall panel joiner A wall panel joiner is provided for securing wall panels in edge to edge relationship. The joiner comprises a pair of clamping elements which are provided with flat outer faces, each element including a pair of spaced flanges. Locking means is provided on... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617773 | Cladding element A roof cladding element which is constructed to span at least two roof framing rafters and which, in use, avoids the need for conventional roofing battens. The cladding element is pressed from sheet steel and includes a panel portion, an inverted channel-... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617774 | Building panel A building panel for exterior and interior wall and roof surface includes an elongated body formed of a relatively thin walled, molded hardboard material having upper and lower edges, opposite ends, an outer weather face adapted to resemble the profiles h... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617775 | Extensible reinforcing bar assembly and clip An extensible reinforcing bar assembly for readily permitting a plurality of bars to be extended with respect to each other and establish a desired combined length. The assembly includes a plurality of improved plastic clips for attaching the two bars whi... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617776 | Building element having spaced longitudinal members with each member having a different moisture content The present invention concerns a prefabricated composite and relatively strong, but light-weight building element which in a simple embodiment consists of two substantially parallel elements (1, 2) spaced apart a given distance and interconnected by inter... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617777 | Double-walled panels with end closure A double-walled panel of transparent synthetic material for use in greenhouses and for similar purposes has opposite open ends closed by flanges. Before closing the ends, internal rib walls are recessed in such a way that transverse connections are formed... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617778 | Apparatus to facilitate hand packing of containers Packaging apparatus for facilitating the rapid hand packing of fragile ingredients such as used in salads. Mechanisms are provided to transport empty containers to a filling station, introducing the ingredients by a hand raking procedure into the containe... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617779 | Method and an arrangement for the manufacture of packing containers The manufacture of non-returnable packages is frequently carried out by the conversion of web-shaped, laminated packing material to a tube, filling of the tube with milk, and sealing and forming the filled packing containers to the desired shape. During t... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617780 | Method and apparatus for wrapping cigarette packets in film blanks For raising the rate of production of packaging machines, especially for the manufacture of cigarette packets (10, 11), the rate of production of an apparatus for wrapping the packets in an outer blank (film blank 19, 20) is to be raised. For this purpose... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617781 | Polypropylene wrap end seals and process for making same A voided polypropylene film tampon wrap having end seals which are formed by mechanical crimping and a process for sealing the ends of the voided polypropylene film tampon wrap by mechanical crimping. A notch is formed adjacent to each end seal but remote... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617782 | Method for wrapping batches of stacked products so as to form sealed packets Disclosed herein is a method for wrapping batches of products, in particular candies, and for forming sealed packets, which envisages: a batch of products being supplied to a wrapping wheel; a sheet of heat-sealing material with two lateral downward turne... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617783 | Compression drum for cigarettes A compression drum (1) for orderly groups of cigarettes (G) in automatic cigarette-packing machines has one or more compression pockets (2). Each compression pocket has a substantially rectangular cross-section and includes at least partly, movable sidewa... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617784 | Apparatus for stacking and banding tags There is disclosed apparatus for stacking and banding tags. The tag stacks are successively banded and a series of selected number of detachably connected tag stacks are produced.... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617785 | Packaging apparatus Disclosed is a method and apparatus for forming packages from continuous folded sheets. A sheet is folded and formed into bags by bonding and cutting. Prior to the formation of the bags, plates are introduced between the sheets. The plates are mounted so ... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617786 | Forage harvester having supplemental crop disintegrating means A high speed rotor in the chute of a forage harvester is used to crack kernels in chopped forage impelled to the rotor. The rotor itself has four or more rows of elongated, spaced-apart plates provided with blunt cracking edges, and a deflector, disposed ... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617787 | Combine harvester machine In a combine harvester machine, the front conveyor is disposed such that the imaginary extending surface of its placing and conveying surface passes through or adjacent to the peripheral lower end of an auger equipped drum located backward of the conveyor... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617788 | Lawn mower leaf mulching blade and method A lawn mower blade having superior leaf mulching qualities is provided by placing V-shaped notches in each cutting edge of a conventional rotary lawn mower blade. The notches are positioned one-half (1/2) inch from the blade tip and have sides which measu... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617789 | Apparatus and method for fabricating multi-strand superconducting cable Multi-strand superconducting cables adapted to be used, for example, to wind a magnet is fabricated by directing wire strands inwardly from spools disposed on the perimeter of a rotating disk and wrapping them diagonally around a tapered mandrel with a fl... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617790 | Process and apparatus for piecing a yarn at a spinning unit of an open-end friction spinning machine In the case of an open-end friction spinning machine having a plurality of spinning units, each having a feeding and opening device with a feeding roller for the feeding of a sliver and with an opening roller for the opening of the fed sliver into individ... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617791 | Apparatus for monitoring and restarting the cut yarn during the replacement of full bobbins on the spindles of a continuous spinning machine In spinning machine comprising an underwinding device for winding the last turns, means are provided whereby the last yarn turns are cut positively on the intervention of the underwinding device and means are provided whereby the yarn end originating from... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617792 | Air flow control arrangement for an open-end friction spinning machine In the case of a friction spinning machine having at least one spinning unit containing two friction rollers that are arranged next to one another to form a wedge-shaped yarn forming gap serving as the yarn forming zone, it is provided that in the area lo... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617793 | Exhaust-gas particle treating device for internal combustion engine In the regeneration of a filter which filters and collects exhaust-gas particles contained in exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine by combustion, two injection pipes for pressure feeding a fuel to a fuel injection nozzle from a fuel injection pu... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617794 | Exhaust gas purifying method and apparatus for internal combustion engines Exhaust gas purifying method and apparatus for internal combustion engines in which the temperature of an exhaust gas purifying catalyst is detected and, as desired, oxygen content of exhaust gas is further detected, and in which the actual air-fuel ratio... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617795 | Exhaust gas pipe for internal-combustion engines having a receiving opening for a heated probe for determining the oxygen content of the exhaust gases A system is provided for measuring the amount of oxygen in exhaust gas emitted by an internal-combustion engine. The system includes an exhaust pipe for conducting engine exhaust gas and a probe for determining the oxygen content of engine exhaust gases. ... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617796 | Sleeve valve for a pulsed gas generator The combination of a pulsed rocket engine 12 and a sleeve valve 10 coupled to the engine output and receiving in its internal chamber 16 the gas generated by the engine 12. The sleeve valve 10 has a movable sleeve 24 with ports 26, 28 therethrough surroun... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617797 | Multi-function valve A multi-function valve usable in a hydrostatic transmission and having valve components mounted in a single valve body to provide pressure limiter and high pressure relief functions and with the structure also providing a bypass function and for supply of... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617798 | Hydrostatic drive systems A hydrostatic drive is provided having an adjustable pump connected with a pump servo positioned by a control pressure from a line connected between the consumer and an adjustable measuring restrictor which in turn is connected to a switching means which ... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617799 | Plural turbine inlet passage turbo-supercharger with inlet passage shut-off valve A turbo-supercharger for an engine includes a turbine casing having a turbine scroll divided into a first and second inlet passages. The inlet passages are opened to the engine exhaust passage through first and second inlet ports formed in a mating surfac... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617800 | Apparatus for producing power using concentrated brine A power plant includes a source of water, a heat exchanger having an evaporator side maintained below atmospheric pressure for converting the water to steam, and a turbine responsive to said steam for producing work and heat depleted steam. The heat excha... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617801 | Thermally powered engine A thermally powered engine which obtains energy from a closed heat transfer loop. The engine has two power cylinders. A piston is reciprocally mounted within each cylinder and divides the interior space of each cylinder into two portions. A piston rod is ... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617802 | Freezer apparatus New and unexpected control is achieved over the ratio of food ice mix/air directed from a food ice mix container to a freezer chamber. A one-way float valve is disposed within the channel between the food mix container and the freezer chamber. Float valve... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617803 | Temperature responsive control units A temperature controlled switching device in which a first fluid filled temperature sensor responding to the temperature of heating or cooling means moves a first lever. A second sensor sensing the room temperature moves a second lever. The two levers bei... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617804 | Refrigerant flow control device In a refrigeration cycle in which the opening of the expansion valve is controlled by the super-heat degree of the refrigerant periodically detected at the outlet of the evaporator, a negative control signal is produced to rapidly change the opening of th... | 10/21/1986 |
