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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4656947 | Rifle launched ammunition for mob dispersion An arrangement for mob dispersion includes a cannister which is attachable o the flash suppressor, or grenade launcher adaptor. The cannister contains ammo, in the shape of short rubber cylinders, stacked on one another to form several cylindrical columns.... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4656948 | Water containing explosive cartridge and preparation thereof This invention relates to a water containing explosive cartridge, of which at least one end face is constituted of a star-shaped crimping closure including an inner lid, and a process for producing the same.... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4656949 | Device for gripping and transferring load supports or containers using synchronous endless chains with drive fingers, mounted to transversely adjustable modules Two independent modules, disposed on a mobile handling platform, each comprise an endless chain with a pulling finger and a pushing finger. The operations of the chains are symmetrical with respect to the load drive axis. In operation, the pulling fingers... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4656950 | Transit vehicle door control apparatus A door control apparatus is provided for a transit vehicle for sensing the location of a predetermined power rail in relation to a safety walkway provided along the roadway path for controlling the passenger exit from the vehicle to that walkway.... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4656951 | Rotary table unit A rotary table unit having a stationary base element and a table element rotatably mounted on the stationary base element is provided with hydrostatic and hydrodynamic bearing guides forming a composite bearing guide mechanism for enabling smooth and stab... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4656952 | Adjustable shelving system This invention relates to a readily assembleable and adjustable shelving system. Briefly, it comprises vertical corner support posts; paired separable bracket members adapted to inter-engage about a respective support post to form a corner sleeve assembly... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4656953 | Expanding table top for display of decorative tiles A table construction is provided including an upper peripheral frame and the support legs dependingly supported from peripherally spaced portions of the frame. At least three table top sections are supported from the frame and mounted thereover for guided... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4656954 | Autodirecting security entrance for banks and the like This security entrance is of the box-type with interlocked doors, and comprises an armoured vestibule having one door communicating with the bank and one door communicating with the exterior; a third door can be opened into a discharge space separate from... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4656955 | Refuse incineration system In an improved refuse incineration system, wet refuse is heated in a dryer by inlet superheated steam in direct contact to remove most moisture therefrom while converting such moisture into outlet steam also in superheated state. The dried refuse is then ... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4656956 | Furnace with oscillating grate A solid fuel furnace having an oscillating grate plate solid fuel burner therein wherein the grate plates are in a stepped arrangement and every other plate moves together, in an opposite direction from the adjacent plates so that the solid fuel is kept m... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4656957 | Liquid fertilizer applicator A liquid fertilizer applicator is provided, designed to be pulled by a motive power source, for use in a variety of soil and tillage conditions. It includes a disc-shaped coulter and an associated applicator knife mounted in trailing relation to the coult... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4656958 | Temperature compensated solenoid in a sewing machine A sewing machine control device in which a solenoid is used to reverse sewing directions after a selected number of stitches. The temperature of the solenoid is measured and the energization or deenergization of the solenoid is advanced to account for the... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4656959 | Vertical ship There is disclosed herein a vertical ship utilizing the buoyancy principles of a submarine. The vertical watercraft is fluid-dynamically streamlined in the direction of travel and has an elongate, pipe-like hull. The elongate, normally vertical hull is pr... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4656960 | Sailboat tiller extension hiking stick A sailboat steering assembly is provided which has a hiking stick that assumes fixed positions in use, but smoothly responds to any changes induced by manual manipulation of the helmsman. Typical swinging and flopping of the unattended hiking stick are el... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4656961 | Articulated mooring device Disclosed is a mooring device for mooring a vessel to a mooring object, whether fixed or floating; e.g., a dock, dolphin, another vessel, etc. The device comprises an elongated beam from which a pair of arms, offset lengthwise of the beam, project in oppo... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4656962 | Buoyancy support for deep-ocean struts A long strut between a sea-platform and the ocean bed needs to have its weight supported. Otherwise, much of its strength is used merely in supporting itself. The strut disclosed is made in sections, joined typically by screw threads. The joints need to b... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4656963 | Method and apparatus for forming an extremely thin film on the surface of an object The present invention relates to a method for forming a uniform, extremely thin film on the surface of plastics molded articles, films, sheets, synthetic paper, fibers, metal, and other objects, the film containing an anti-static agent, anti-fogging agent... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4656964 | Developing device A device for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on a photosensitive member includes a composite sleeve which is comprised of a cylindrical support, a dielectric layer formed on the support and a plurality of fine magnets serving as floating e... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4656965 | Developing apparatus A developing apparatus comprises a developing roll for carrying a nonmagentic toner thereon, and an elastic blade pressed against the outer circumferential surface of the developing roll to apply the toner thereto. The toner is applied to the surface of t... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4656966 | Method and apparatus for developing electrographic images uses molecular sieve zeolite A method and apparatus for developing an electrostatic latent image on an electrographic element with a liquid developer by contacting the liquid developer with a molecular sieve zeolite.... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4656967 | Dog walking device A dog walking device employs an endless belt which is suspended between two pulleys and is connected to a slider element for driving a tether assembly. The slider element slides along a cable which is positioned generally parallel to the endless belt and ... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4656968 | Apparatus for the distribution of pumpable fish food The invention provides an apparatus for the distribution of fish food wherein pumpable foodstuff enters a rotor chamber and is conducted by rotary wheels to a pressure area and then to an outlet where the foodstuff is cut into pieces having a partially fl... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4656969 | Automatic livestock feeder An automatic livestock feeding apparatus having a hopper, a trough, a distributor for transferring feed from the hopper to the trough, and a feed level sensing device. The feed level sensing device includes apparatus for inducing vibration of the trough w... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4656970 | Poultry drinker device A drinker device for foul and stock provides a constant water supply in a cup by means of a valve controlled by a free floating ball actuator. The ball can be readily moved by the foul or animal to access the drinking water without actuating the valve con... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4656971 | Non-plugging air distribution system for spent bed cooler Apparatus is described for a non-plugging gas distribution system supplying fluidizing gas to a fluid bed undergoing cooling.... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4656972 | Method and apparatus for reducing NOx in exhaust gases from fluidized-bed boiler Temperature of exhaust gases from a fluidized-bed boiler is lowered by means of heat exchange and dust entrained in the exhaust gases is efficiently collected by a dust collector. Part of the gases discharged from the dust collector are mixed with heated ... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4656973 | Temperature responsive engine control apparatus A method and apparatus is disclosed for continuing the cooling of an engine, such as a turbo-charged equipped truck engine, at times when the engine temperature is elevated. In the illustrated form of the invention, the temperature of the engine is sensed... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4656974 | V-type engine boiling and cooling apparatus A boiling and cooling apparatus for use in a V-type internal combustion engine. A connection passage (34) is connected between the water jackets (30, 31) formed in the respective banks of the V-type engine. The connection passage is formed with a collecti... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4656975 | Engine cooling system Mechanism for cooling individual cylinders of an engine, using low pressure air bled from an engine supercharger. Special passage structures are provided to guide and confine the air during its passage across external surfaces of the engine cylinders. Aft... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4656976 | Hydraulic rocker arm A new and useful rocker arm for an internal combustion engine and more particularly a hydraulic actuated rocker arm of which varies valve timing automatically. Improving low end horsepower by altering valve opening and closing points, while engine speeds ... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4656977 | Operating mechanism for dual valves in an internal combustion engine A valve operating mechanism for an internal combustion engine having a pair of intake valves or exhaust valves in each cylinder with a first and a second rocker arm corresponding to the pair of valves and a cam for pivoting the first rocker arm. The rocke... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4656978 | Valve clearance adjusting device An engine valve actuating mechanism includes a hollow reciprocating tappet, a tappet bottom arranged for engagement with a rotary cam of an engine cam shaft, a valve clearance adjusting device accommodated in the tappet and including a valve clearance adj... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4656979 | In tank fuel line heater An in the tank fuel line heating system for heating the fuel as it is removed from the tank includes a fuel outlet conduit communicating with the port in the tank and extending downwardly into the tank to a point substantially near the bottom of the tank.... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4656980 | Centrifugal governor for internal combustion engines A centrifugal governor for an internal combustion engine, which includes a sensor lever adapted to engage a cam surface portion of a torque cam determining a starting fuel increment at the start of the engine to displace the control rack into a fuel incre... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4656981 | Balancing mechanism for reciprocating piston engine This disclosure relates to a balancing mechanism for preventing vibration of a reciprocating piston internal combustion engine. The balancing comprises a pair of eccentric journals on the crankshaft, each having an axis spaced to the side of the crankshaf... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4656982 | Engine cylinder liner arrangement A cylinder lining is inserted into a cylinder block of an internal-combustion engine with an upper collar of the disposed in a recess in the cylinder block. To hold the lining in place, a ring is prestressingly inserted from above into an opening in the c... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4656983 | Crankshaft supporting and lubricating structure for multicylinder internal combustion engines The crankshaft of an engine is supported by bearing caps mounted on journal walls of a cylinder block and a bridge interconnects the bearing caps. Oil passages in each bearing cap lead from the bridge to each crankshaft journal bearing at a laterally offs... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4656984 | Rotary internal combustion engine with integrated supercharged fuel-air induction An improved "Wankel-type" rotary engine wherein the same trochoidal cavity employed for effecting a four-phase internal combustion engine operation is also employed to perform a supercharging function in that air is compressed in one chamber (chambers bei... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4656985 | Arrangement in a motor saw Upon a kick-back of a motor saw, energy is transferred from the rotating parts of the engine into energy which generates the kick-back. This causes a tremendous decrease of the r.p.m. of the engine. In the saw there is an electronic control comprising a t... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4656986 | Device for modifying operation of regulator for setting fuel quantity in an internal combustion engine operating with self-ignition Disclosed is a jolt damping circuit for use in fuel metering systems of an internal combustion engine having self-ignition. The jolt damping circuit includes a guide regulator, a device for generating a jolt disturbance signal in dependency on the rotary ... | 04/14/1987 |
