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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4787301 | Deep fat cooking apparatus and method A deep fat fryer, especially for potato chips, has a cradle screen with walls and lifting handles and means for supporting the cradle screen at a lower level within the cooking kettle, a cover screen with lifting handles being selectively insertable into ... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787302 | Positioning lever for a rotisserie grill A positioning lever for use with a rotisserie cradle of the type wherein clamping rods may be angularly and radially disposed for the containment of food therein by means of rotational adjustment of two pairs of slotted plates disposed at either end there... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787303 | Apparatus for processing vegetable raw material An apparatus for processing a vegetable raw material comprises a casing mounted on shock absorbers and accommodating a drum having pins, electrodes and a control electrode connected to a relay. The apparatus also comprises a power regulator connected to t... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787304 | Apparatus for sterilization of liquids An infusion heating apparatus, including a hollow sealed vessel having a porous steam dispensing cylinder located along the central axis of the vessel, a number of spray nozzles mounted in a circle at the top of the vessel and arranged to introduce a liqu... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787305 | Machine for hollowing vegetables and fruits The present invention relates to a hollowing machine for vegetables and fruits comprising a frame (1) with a lower table (2), a central table (3), an upper table (4) and outermost a step-by-step pivoting table (7), placed above the upper table. The pivoti... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787306 | Egg shelling device Egg shelling device (A) having a tubular body member (A) with an upper end (B) that is adapted to be slipped onto the end of a faucet (C). The body member (A) includes interior passages (I,E,7) and includes a conical seat edge (G) which is radially inward... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787307 | Nutcracker A nutcracker, mounted on a base, grips a nut to be cracked between a movable piston and an adjustable anvil. The user sets the optimum cracking distance initially by lining up an index marker located on the piston and adjusting the anvil to firmly hold th... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787308 | Compacting apparatus with precompaction tamper An apparatus for compacting articles including a compaction chamber adapted to receive articles to be compacted. An article chute is positioned to feed articles into the compaction chamber. A tamper is mounted in the article chute for precompacting articl... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787309 | Movably supported screw press A screw press, and more particularly a pressurized screw press with a driving end, is pivotally mounted at its driving end and rests in a cradle at the other end. A pivotal bearing provided at the driving end of the screw press has a clearance for vertica... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787310 | Apparatus for decorating articles An apparatus for decorating articles such as bottles by means of labelling, printing thereon or the like includes a plurality of operating stations for performing various working operations on the articles as they are successively moved through the appara... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787311 | Mailing machine envelope transport system A postage meter is mounted to a mailing machine at a location along the feed deck of the mailing machine such that a portion of the postage meter is in spaced relation to the feed deck to define a printing station. An inserter or other type of mailpiece i... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787312 | Variable unit for supplying ink in an offset printing machine An ink supply unit for an offset printing machine includes an ink fountain roller and a distributing roller spaced from and rotating faster than the ink fountain roller. A rotatable transfer roller oscillates between a first position in contact with the i... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787313 | Printing press using shiftable inking means An ejection-type inking assembly for use in printing presses is provided which gives precise, readily alterable ink application to an inking roll train and eliminates conventional ink fountains and associated adjustable ink keys. The inking assembly prefe... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787314 | Device for removing water from meshed roll A device for removing water from the returning portion of the peripheral surface of a meshed roll mounted in a planographic printing press comprises at least one roll for removing water pressed against the said returning portion. The peripheral surface of... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787315 | Apparatus for severing tubular members The invention relates to an apparatus for explosively severing tubular members at a pre-designated severance level. The apparatus is designed to deliver a detonation signal to a ring-shaped explosive charge, to an annularly formed detonation signal receiv... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787316 | Expandable, self-tamping explosive bag A package for blasting agents including an outer bag of a first diameter formed of a multilayer rupturable paper material and an inner waterproof bag of a second diameter larger than the diameter of the outer bag such that, upon being dropped into a blast... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787317 | Rail vehicle having magnetic means for compensating for load weight A rail vehicle with spring support of its car body on an underframe with flanged wheels for guidance and support on a track. Permanent magnets are provided on the underframe, which exert an attraction counter to the wheel load on armature bars extending a... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787318 | Traction bogie for a rail vehicle The traction bogie comprises two wheel sets each coupled with a traction motor. The bogie frame is mounted resiliently on the wheel sets with provision for movement at least lengthwise of the bogie. Each of the casings of the traction motors is carried on... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787319 | Modular furniture framework A framework for furniture is formed by an assembly of basic modular units or segments made each of a pair of arcuate tubes or rods disposed in a single plane and interconnected by radial tubes or rods. Feet extending perpendicular to the plane of the unit... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787320 | Method and apparatus for thermal treatment A method is described for a thermal treatment of materials that can be pumped or blown, particularly for the pyrolysis of waste materials, An electric arc is established in a gap between a pair of concentric electrodes, and the material to be treated is p... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787321 | Solid waste conversion plant The present invention is directed to a solid waste conversion plan for the conversion of such solid waste as old tires to a gas or liquid hydrocarbon product, wherein the partial pyrolysis of the solid waste is carried out in a reactor having a grate in t... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787322 | Pellet feed system A stoker assembly for a solid particulate burning stove that includes a fuel directing flange for directing the fuel to an upper combustion plate and ventilation tubes to prevent the ignition and combustion of fuel stored in remote bins. The fuel directin... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787323 | Treating sludges and soil materials contaminated with hydrocarbons Oily sludges containing volatile hydrocarbons are mixed with diatomaceous earth or perlite in a system which includes an indirect dryer for vaporizing liquids have a boiling point of less than about 700° F. Dried solids are discharged from the dryer and ... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787324 | Automatic sewing device with a sewing head including a rotary housing At an automatic sewing device the sewing head for generating a tangential movement of the needle feed movement relative to the seam to be produced is provided with a rotary housing for receiving a needle bar, a needle jogging mechanism and a thread take-u... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787325 | Cloth ply folding and sewing apparatus and method An automatic and operator-unattended apparatus and method for forming a stitched coin pocket in a ply of material. A continuous length of material is provided to a folding station, which imparts a generally Z-shaped fold in the material by moving parallel... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787326 | Method for operating an automatic sewing device with a sewing head including a rotary housing A method for operating a sewing automat with a sewing head with a rotary housing provides a compensation signal for a drive motor, in particular for the x- and y-drive motors of the workpiece holder, respectively, in order to correct errors of stitch leng... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787327 | Lift for marine craft According to the invention, a lift is provided having base beams, first and second pairs of lifting arms and lifting rails. The lifting arms have one end pivotally mounted to the base beams for rotation about parallel axes with the common plane of the axe... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787328 | Drawing away device of bilge water for water jet propulsion A number of embodiments for removing bilge water from a jet powered watercraft without obstructing the flow through the jet propulsion unit. In all of the embodiments, a portion of the water pressurized by the jet propulsion unit is diverted through a ven... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787329 | Device for detection of imminent gas depletion of a liquified gas tank and gas lighter equipped with this device The subject of the invention is a device for the detection of imminent gas depletion of a liquified gas tank, comprising a bundle of fiber optics (22), one end of which, forming an observation surface is visible from the outside of the tank, and other end... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787330 | Self-cleaning powder coating booth A spray booth for collecting excess electrostatically sprayed powder. A powder coating chamber is formed by a plurality of interconnected walls spaced apart and mounted to a plurality of outer interconnected walls. A pressurized gas chamber positioned bet... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787331 | Shield for protecting automobile wheels A protective shield for use during spray painting of automobile panels. The shield covers an automobile wheel and tire during the spray painting of panels adjacent the wheel. The shield comprises a circular disk larger than the tire, a segment removed fro... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787332 | Adhesive dispensing pump control system An improved adhesive dispensing pump control system for automatically changing the flow rate of adhesive materials being dispensed onto a workpiece in conformance with changes in movement of an automatically controlled adhesive dispensing nozzle used to a... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787333 | Metal vapor generator A metal vapor generator of the present invention is constituted to locate an airtight joint between a body with an opening around its top and a bottom plate, in the vicinity of the lower portion of the body. According to such an arrangement, since said ai... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787334 | House pet litter disposal device A house pet animal waste disposal device is provided. This device will permit the keeping of house pets in the house for extended periods of time, under conditions whereby odors are substantially eliminated. An adjustable absorbent litter supply hopper po... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787335 | Litter boxes A pet litter box consisting of a box having an A-frame structure for use in combination with a disposal bag. The box is constructed with relatively low peripheral side wall and an A-frame structure consisting of side struts suspending a center rod central... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787336 | Controlled environment habitat for aquariums A transparent housing having top, bottom and side walls contains plant or animal life in a habitat which is submerged in an aquarium. A forced air pump is connected by a tubular conduit to the housing for introduction of air into the housing. Perforations... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787337 | Pet water container A water container for pets includes a plastic drinking bottle having a drinking tube extending therefrom and a metal enclosure for supporting and protecting the drinking bottle. The enclosure is formed with a rear panel, a pair of side panels and a pair o... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787338 | Poultry house cleaner apparatus Mobile poultry house cleaner apparatus for scraping poultry manure and droppings from elongated parallel floor level receiving pits extending along parallel transversely spaced paths over the length of a poultry house and disposed below rows of overhead p... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787339 | Automatic headgate for livestock A livestock headgate is provided having certain automatic features of operation and capability for adjustment to the size of the livestock. The headgate utilizes two vertically elongated swinging frameworks which are coupled so that when one framework is ... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4787340 | Animal collar and leash set An animal collar and leash for use in securing an animal which can easily be adjusted to meet animal size. The animal collar and leash are easily attached to an animal and easily removed.... | 11/29/1988 |
