Patents Assigned to N/A
  • Underwater anchor for the mooring of floating structures as well as a method for the placing of such an anchor
    Patent number: 4092944
    Abstract: An underwater anchor for keeping floating structures in position in oceans or other waters has at least one oblong cylindrical hollow body constructed in such a manner that it can withstand the external water pressure at the depth at which it is used. The body has a positive floating power when its interior is almost entirely filled with air. One or more fastening points for anchor cables are located on the body and it may have one or more connections for adding ballast to the interior of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1978
    Assignee: Verenigde Bedrijven Bredero N.V.
    Inventor: Siemen Van der Wal
  • Nozzle
    Patent number: 4093121
    Abstract: A nozzle comprises three tubes enclosed by a casing and forming a longitudinally extending partition therein, one tube forming a central passage through the casing and communicating near the mouth of the nozzle with each of the other two tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1978
    Assignee: N. Lundbergs Fabriks AB
    Inventor: Torsten Erik Theodor Strom
  • Light-absorbing dyes for silver halide material
    Patent number: 4092168
    Abstract: Novel antihalation layer(s) for use in a light-sensitive silver halide element and comprising a 5-pyrazolone-monomethine oxonol of formula I and a 5-pyrazolone-pentamethine oxonol of formula II : ##STR1## wherein: EACH OF R.sup.1 and R.sup.3 represents an alkyl group or an aryl group,Each of R.sup.2 and R.sup.4 represents an alkyl group, an aryl group or the group COOR wherein R is alkyl or aryl, andEach dye molecule contains at least two carboxyl groups in their free acid form and further contains no solubilizing groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1978
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert, N.V.
    Inventors: Raymond Gerard Lemahieu, Henri Depoorter, Willy Joseph Vanassche
  • Photocopying materials
    Patent number: 4092170
    Abstract: A photocopying material is provided having a light-sensitive layer comprising an oleophilic resin and a resinous diazonium compound, which both are soluble in an organic solvent but substantially insoluble in water, in admixture with a surface active agent which, after imagewise exposure, renders the layer developable with plain water such as ordinary tap water so as to yield an excellent photocopy and in particular a printing form from which many thousands of fine prints can be made on an offset machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1978
    Assignee: Oce-van der Grinten N.V.
    Inventors: Antonius H. I. Houtermans, Johannes G. Kamphuis
  • Device for compressing agricultural crop into a bunch
    Patent number: 4091603
    Abstract: Apparatus is disclosed for baling a crop. The crop is fed into the top of a holder and a pair of compressing members are alternately actuated to compress the crop as it is progressively accumulated. Each member compresses all of the crop underlying it and maintains a predetermined compression until after the other member comes into operation. The compression members are in the form of rakes having tines which are projected and withdrawn through opposite side walls of the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1975
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1978
    Assignee: Vicon N.V.
    Inventors: Pieter Adriaan Oosterling, Hendrik Vissers
  • Very high torque ratchet wrench
    Patent number: 4091890
    Abstract: The high-torque ratchet wrench comprises two parallel side plates. Each plate has at one end thereof a bore. An annular ratchet wheel and a cooperating pawl are operatively disposed between the plates. The ratchet wheel defines a socket and carries a plurality of angularly-spaced teeth. A hub laterally extends from each side of the wheel. The hubs are rotatably mounted in the bores of the plates. The pawl has a head end portion which is pivotable about a pivot axis. A pivot pin including the pivot axis transversely extends between the plates for pivotally mounting the pawl between the plates. A pawl arm extends radially from the pivot pin relative to the wheel. The free end of the pawl is formed with a laterally extending segment relative to the wheel. The pawl segment has teeth on its side edge adapted to mesh with the ratchet wheel teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1978
    Assignee: N-S-W Corporation
    Inventors: Claude H. Wilmeth, Fred H. Morton
  • System comprising at least one reactor
    Patent number: 4091836
    Abstract: A system comprising a plurality of reactors each of which is connected by a plurality of pipelines to each of a plurality of manifolds, each pipeline having a central pipelength curved in a circular arc of about 270.degree. and connected at its ends to two substantially straight pipelengths which are arranged at a right angle with respect to each other, said reactors being arranged in at least one row, with said manifolds situated parallel to this row and above the reactors, in such a way that the distance between two successive manifolds is larger than the largest diametrical dimension of a curved central pipelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1978
    Assignee: Ultra Centrifuge Nederland N.V.
    Inventor: Cornelis Petrus Maria Clazing
  • Preparation of ketone acetals
    Patent number: 4092331
    Abstract: Bisacetals can be prepared by reacting an acetal-forming compound, such as acetone or 2,2-dimethoxypropane, with an aromatic compound having two pairs of ortho- hydroxy groups, such as 1,2,4,5-tetrahydroxybenzene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1978
    Assignee: S.A. Texaco Belgium n.v.
    Inventor: Silvain Achiel Raoul Dewaele
  • Intensifier tube of the proximity focus type
    Patent number: 4092557
    Abstract: An image intensifier tube of the proximity focus type has a transparent cathode window with a curved inner surface and an anode window formed by a fiber optics plate having an inner surface curved to be substantially complementary to the cathode window inner surface. The arrangement mitigates the so-called "chicken-wire" effect and other flaws inherent in intensifiers using fiber optics at both the cathode and the anode ends. It is cheaper in manufacture and may be made of smaller depth, thereby simplifying its incorporation in existing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1978
    Assignee: N. V. Optische Industrie "De Oude Delft"
    Inventor: Hendrik Mulder
  • Control device of a needle-bearing in a quilting machine
    Patent number: 4089281
    Abstract: At least one needle-bearing bar of a quilting machine is connected to a reciprocable shaft, a control device is operatively arranged selectively to engage and to disengage the needle-bearing bar from the shaft. The control device includes either two electromagnetic or a pneumatically operated cylinder. A timer can be provided to effect energization of the electromagnets or fluid delivery to and venting of the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1978
    Assignee: Meca S.n.c.
    Inventor: Giannino Landoni
  • Process of applying antistatic coating compositions to polyester films
    Patent number: 4089997
    Abstract: A process is provided for adhering an antistatic layer to a dimensionally stable polyester film support, e.g. a film of polyethylene terephthalate. To an unstretched or only monoaxially stretched polyester film is applied an antistatic layer from an aqueous coating composition. After drying of the antistatic layer it is stretched biaxially or in a direction perpendicular to the first stretching operation, together with the polyester film support and thereafter the polyester film is heat-setted. The aqueous coating composition comprises 30 to 80% by weight of an electroconductive product, 10 to 40% by weight of a stretch-improving agent and 10 to 40% by weight of an inert filler material.The polyester film support may be provided on its opposite side with a subbing layer and one or more light-sensitive gelatin silver halide emulsion layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1978
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert N.V.
    Inventors: August Jean Van Paesschen, Lucien Janbaptist Van Gossum
  • Screw caps
    Patent number: 4089463
    Abstract: A screw threaded cap for stoppering and re-stoppering of bottles enclosing gaseous beverages such as beer, has a base comprising a resilient lip adapted to co-operate with the junction of the bore of the bottle neck and its end surface. Ribs limit the distance between the latter and the corresponding surface of the base. The upper portion of the skirt has a rounded profile preventing cracks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1978
    Assignee: Societe Nouvelle de Bouchons Plastiques S.N.B.P.
    Inventor: Pierre Babiol
  • Clutches
    Patent number: 4089396
    Abstract: Torque limiting clutch for drive to cane chopping mechanism in sugar cane harvester. Torque is transmitted through a ball and ramp self servo device. Axial thrust generated by the self servo device is transmitted through hydraulic fluid in a piston and cylinder assembly generating hydraulic pressure proportional to the torque. A pilot operated pressure limiting valve vents the cylinder and thereby stops torque transmission when a predetermined torque is reached. Selective disengagement of the clutch is provided by a manual control valve which vents the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1978
    Assignee: Massey-Ferguson Services N.V.
    Inventor: Donald J. Quick
  • Threaded fastener
    Patent number: 4089357
    Abstract: A screw having a head and a threaded shank and, in the head, a cruciform shaped recess comprising a central cavity and four grooves radiating from the central cavity at 90.degree. angular spacings, the bases of the grooves lying on a conical (or pyramidal) surface and wherein the included angle at the vertex of such cone (or pyramid) has a value within the range of 40.degree. - 45.degree., the preferred value being 40.degree..
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1978
    Assignee: G.K.N. Fasteners Limited
    Inventor: Peter John Gill
  • Patty finishing cooker
    Patent number: 4089260
    Abstract: A patty cooker particularly for use in finishing precooked meat patties having a predetermined transverse dimension has a frame on which a conveyor made up of rather widely spaced, small diameter cross bars advances in a predetermined direction. A nozzle or preferably a plurality of nozzles having outlet openings elongated in the direction of conveyor advance are arranged side by side transversely of the conveyor and close to the patty. A jet of hot air issues from each nozzle and impinges upon the patty in a restricted area. The jets leave untouched zones between such areas. The effect is to provide browned or seared marks or parallel stripes on the patty like grill marks. Preferably nozzles are arranged above and below the conveyor and directed toward the patty from opposite directions, simultaneously to provide sear marks both top and bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1978
    Assignee: N.P.I. Corporation
    Inventors: John S. Brown, Robert B. Forney
  • Heat transfer element
    Patent number: 4089324
    Abstract: A heat transfer element having a plurality of parallel channels is formed from at least two interconnected metal foils or sheets, at least one of which is corrugated and at least one of which is flat, wherein the surfaces of the foils or sheets facing each other are coated with a weldable or sealable plastic or lacquer layer and are bonded to each other by means of these layers in their respective contact zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1978
    Assignee: N.V. Internationale Octrooi Maatschappij "OCTROPA"
    Inventor: Jan Tjaden
  • Rotary harrow and attachments
    Patent number: 4088083
    Abstract: A tillage machine includes a main frame that supports rotary soil working tined members and various additional tools that can be detachably fastened to the main frame in combination with the rotary tined members to landscape in one pass. For primary use, a ripper assembly is detachably fastened at the front of the frame in advance of the rotary soil working members. A pulverizer-support roller is detachably fastened to the frame in a trailing position and a leveler bar supported between the roller and the rotary members to prevent ridging. A seed box with delivery system can be mounted on the roller frame and driven by a transmission connected to the roller axle. A packer roller is detachably pivoted to the frame to leave the ground in a finished condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1978
    Assignee: C. van der Lely N.V.
    Inventors: John P. Dail, Jr., Pieter VAN DEN Berg
  • Automated data entry and display system
    Patent number: 4088981
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an automated data entry and display system. In this system a hand held photoelectric wand scans a document bearing alpha-numeric characters and reads these characters by generating electrical signals which correspond to the optical characteristics of the scanned information; the generated electrical signals are then input to a character recognition device where they are compared with stored reference characters and recognized; signals corresponding to the scanned alpha-numeric characters together with associated signals indicating acceptability or non-acceptability of each scanned character may then be transmitted to a display device where the acceptable and/or unacceptable scanned characters and designated diagnostic legends are displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1975
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1978
    Assignee: Citibank N.A.
    Inventor: Stephen P. Gott
  • Device for holding and masking post-type earrings during the coating thereof
    Patent number: 4088560
    Abstract: A device for holding a post-type earring during its receipt of an ornamental coating as by electrolytic deposition including a body having electrically conductive insert positioned therein, which insert includes an internal chamber with which aligned openings in the insert and body communicate. A resilient plug having an elongated bore is positioned within the body opening for receipt of the post of a post-type earring to mask the same from receiving an ornamental coating. Lower portions of the post project into the chamber and spring means are further included therein for assuring that electrical contact is made between the insert and the earring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1978
    Assignee: P.N. Patrick Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Swinehart, Paul N. Patrick
  • Inflatable signal device
    Patent number: 4088162
    Abstract: A signal device comprising a balloon, a balloon adaptor attachable to the balloon and having a hollow extension with a seat at one end thereof which end is extendable into the balloon, a sealing or valve member spring-biased on the seat of the balloon adaptor, and a supply adaptor. The supply adaptor includes a hollow stem which can be inserted into the hollow extension of the balloon adaptor so that the end of the stem lifts the sealing member from the seat against its spring-bias, so that ports formed in the hollow stem communicate with the interior of the balloon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1978
    Assignees: Nicholas V. Rossi, Pasquale Sclafani, Orlando N. Rossi, Victor H. Rossi, Richard P. Rossi
    Inventor: Nicholas V. Rossi