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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4807541 | Apparatus for low concentration NOx combustion A combustion apparatus for low concentration NOx for burning gas, oil and coal along the same axis, having overcome the drawbacks of the prior art, without hindering the whirling of the air and also having prevented clogging of the nozzle and combustion v... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4807542 | Coal additives A process for combusting a sulphur-bearing fuel is disclosed. A mixture of the fuel, a sulphur binding material and a sulphur retaining material is introduced into a first combustion zone. The mixture is combusted in the first zone under conditions of fue... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4807543 | Seedling planter A seedling planter has a moveable platform with storage area for seedlings and a work area for a human operator. There is a power source for the planter. A mechanical planting system can plant seedlings and a conveyor introducing seedlings into the mechan... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4807544 | Apparatus and method for subsurface injection of agrochemicals This invention relates to a method and apparatus for injecting agrochemicals into the subsurface of the soil without tilling of the soil. A high pressure pump delivers the solution to be injected to a series of injection nozzles. The injection nozzles cau... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4807545 | Technique for loosening, aerating and fertilizing soil plant roots A hand-held apparatus is connected by means of an air hose to a high pressure compressor and air tank unit, and is connected by means of a hose to a conventional water faucet. The device includes a bin for storing granular fertilizer and an air valve conn... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4807546 | Sequin application apparatus for shuttle embroidery machine An improved shuttle embroidery machine having an attachment, corresponding to each needle, for the selective application of sequin-like decoration onto a cloth where a sequin strip is indexed by a rotary coin-feed wheel through a feed member for severance... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4807547 | Automatic button sewing machine for stitching buttons in series on a fabric An automatic button sewing machine for stitching buttons in series on a fabric includes a working table for supporting the fabric and a back-up plate movably disposed on the working table to back-up the fabric during button sewing operations. A button hol... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4807548 | Electric motor drive for a sewing machine, especially an industrial sewing machine In a drive for a sewing machine, especially an industrial sewing machine, with a needle that can be reciprocated between an upper and lower end position by a sewing machine main shaft, in which the drive is in direct driving connection with the main shaft... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4807549 | Collapsable elongated articles including sailboards and the like In a collapsable elongated article such as a sailboard, the several sections are joined together at respective double chevron surfaces and maintained together by a suitable clamping device. The double chevron surface is used to prevent relative movement i... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4807550 | Belaying clamp This invention relates to a belaying clamp for releasably fixing a stretching rope to the boom or mast base of a windsurfing craft. To permit the sail to be retrimmed with a relatively small effort and while the craft is on the water, the belaying clamp (... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4807551 | Portable outrigger The present invention provides a portable outrigger assembly particularly useful on a canoe. The assembly comprises a pontoon and a supporting structure consisting of first and second set of supports for the pontoon. The first set of supports includes adj... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4807552 | Small boat bow thruster A small boat bow thruster which includes a port and starboard discharge nozzle forwardly mounted through the hull of the boat above the water line. Water from an inlet port located below the water line of the boat is drawn by a pump through conduits to th... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4807553 | Retractable rudder for light-weight trolling motor propelled fishing boat A light-weight fishing boat is provided including an electric trolling motor mounted from one end portion thereof for actuation and steering control thereof by a fisher person disposed on the boat hull and the other end of the boat hull supports a station... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4807554 | Inflatable boat for high speed applications An inflatable boat for high speed towing applications having a compartmentalized hull and an improved tow-ring mounted beneath the hull, the hull including first and second buoyancy chambers, the second chamber being vertically disposed beneath the first ... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4807555 | Rigidifier for an inflatable boat A rigidifier for an inflatable boat of the type having a flexible floor and an inflatable tubular portion around the periphery of the floor forming a cockpit. The rigidifier comprises a floorboard member removable from and receivable in the cockpit to ove... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4807556 | Rigid inflatable boat A rigid inflatable boat of the kind comprising a hull with an inflatable bouyancy collar, in which the collar comprises a number of separate inflatable members each of which has an axially extending bore so that it may be securely attached to mountings on... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4807557 | Safety alert for water skiers A safety alert for water skiers attachable to a tow boat and automatically actuated by a regulated release of tow line tension to elevate a flag to warn other boats that a skier is "down". An elastic member is operatively connected to a reciprocal flag st... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4807558 | Scale assembly The scale for weighing bed-ridden patients includes two assemblies each of which has a pair of rollers mounted on a load frame upon which the entire bed can be elevated. The bed frame has two pairs of ramps mounted on an underside whereby the bed can be r... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4807559 | Apparatus for alloying of coatings A method and apparatus particularly adapted for alloying a coating on a steel strip. The invention uses an induction heating furnace to produce a galvannealed product. In particular, the operating frequency to the heating coils of the furnace is modulated... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4807560 | Apparatus for glossing a developer sheet An apparatus for glossing a developer sheet is provided. The developer sheet has a thermoplastic developer resin on the surface thereof wherein the thermoplastic developer resin is capable of forming a film which imparts gloss upon the application of heat... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4807561 | Semiconductor vapor phase growth apparatus A vapor phase growth substrate is conveyed into a heated atomosphere, and vapor phase growth gas is supplied from a nozzle connected to a gas supply means to the substrate in the middle portion of conveyance. Process program information relating to the co... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4807562 | Reactor for heating semiconductor substrates A chemical vapor deposition (CVD) reactor includes a vertically mounted multi-sided susceptor with means to adjust the gas flow across the width of each susceptor face. Gas can be fed thru the inside of the susceptor to various distribution devices positi... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4807563 | Self-contained, disposable, sanitary toilet facility for pets A pet litter box, including a device for locking the box after it has been used and re-closed, is formed from a single foldable blank. When the box is closed or re-closed it has inter-laying first and second halves, each having bottom and sidewall portion... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4807564 | Multiple disposable animal litter container A sales package for litter in the form of a double disposable litter container comprised of two sections which telescope, in closing, to encompass a pair of separate packages of litter and which, when separated, comprise two separate disposable carboard l... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4807565 | Gravity filter system aquarium An aquarium system consist of an open topped fish tank, a base cabinet stand and an encased cover, wherein unclarified aquarium water is drawn downwards by gravity and filtered below the tank, while being aerated and heated as it is returned to the tank i... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4807566 | Milk claw A milk claw is provided with a flow separator having vanes separating streams of milk from the individual quarters of a cow's udder in the upper part of the claw but permitting communication between said streams in the bottom of the claw.... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4807567 | Inverted bottle water dispenser for large animals A somewhat flattened inverted water bottle has oppositely slanted surfaces at the lower end which face away from each other. An inverted cap engages at a mouth opening in one of the surfaces and has a water dispensing tube which extends outwardly and down... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4807568 | Shoulder draped bird perch A shoulder draped bird perch includes a shoulder conformable, covered base which is set on a person's shoulder. The base covering is claw graspable and protects the person from claw induced injury and soiling by bird droppings. Anti-slip surfaces cooperat... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4807569 | Grooming device A toothed plate securable to a wall, corner or other supporting fixture defining an animal grooming device usable by the animal without human intervention. An aperture plate having holes positioned to correspond to the location of the teeth on the toothed... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4807570 | Sequentially charged intake manifold An intake manifold for an internal combustion engine, constructed of any material, having individual runners which have honeycombed mini-venturi positioned within their length at intervals, serving each cylinder of an engine, the engine being air-cooled o... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4807571 | Exhaust timing control apparatus An exhaust timing control apparatus for two-cycle engines of the type having one or more exhaust ports extending outwardly from the cylinder. A valve body is pivotally mounted within the exhaust passage in a recess specifically provided therefore. The val... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4807572 | Timing of fuel injected engines A method of operating a two-stroke spark ignition engine (9) wherein the fuel is injected directly into the combustion chamber (22). The timing of the injection of the fuel is varied according to engine load and speed conditions. Under low load and speed ... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4807573 | Fuel injection arrangement for a two-stroke engine The invention is directed to a fuel injection arrangement for two-stroke engines for portable tools such as motor-driven saws. In known fuel-injecting arrangements, the injection pump is driven by the pressure of the crankcase. The crankcase pressure incr... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4807574 | Valve operating device for internal combustion engine A valve operating mechanism for an internal combustion engine has a low-speed cam for operating the intake or exhaust valves during low-speed operation of the engine and a high-speed cam for operating the intake or exhaust valves during high-speed operati... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4807575 | Hydraulic lash adjuster with multi-directional check valve In a hydraulic lash adjuster, a flat reed valve is used to control oil flow from a reservoir chamber to a pressure chamber, the reed valve including a semi-circular flapper flexibly connected by a spring leg to a split retainer ring.... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4807576 | Hydraulic lash adjuster for use in valve operating mechanism A valve operating mechanism for operating a valve in an internal combustion engine includes a hydraulic lash adjuster for imposing a hydraulic pressure against a cam follower slidably engaging a camshaft. The hydraulic lash adjuster includes a plunger sli... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4807577 | Peristrophic internal combustion engine assembly and multi-part pistons A peristrophic internal combustion engine with increased power output has greater torque and reduced friction. The distance of rotation between the inertia weights and the crankpins is increased to increase torque. These transposed inertia weights are emb... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4807578 | Apparatus for cleaning fuel injectors and combustion chambers An apparatus for cleaning the fuel injectors and combustion chambers of an internal combustion engine. The apparatus can safely be used "under the hood" of the engine and features a safety fitting which is designed to mate only with a compatible container... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4807579 | Turbocompounded two-stroke piston engines The cylinder head (401) of a turbocompounded 2-stroke piston engine incorporates, for each cylinder (400), an indirect combustion chamber (402) which is connected to the cylinder clearance volume (413) by a passage (412). The indirect combustion chamber (... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4807580 | Trigger mechanism for engines The invention is directed to a trigger mechanism for gasoline operated equipment where a trigger is operatively connected to a throttle by a lever. The mechanism includes latch means which regulates the speed of the engine, and an idle setting means. The ... | 02/28/1989 |
