Tone arm
Referring first to FIG. 1, a light arm member 1 carries a phonograph pickup cartridge 11 at its outer end portion in known manner. A suitable handle device may be provided as at 19. A rest 50 of any ... Read More
Inventors: Firebaugh, William H.;, Assignee: |
Line length measuring device
What is claimed and sought to be secured by Letters Patent of the United States is: 1. In an apparatus for determining the amount of fishing line in use, wherein said apparatus includes a digital coun... Read More
Inventors: Call, Daniel D.;, Assignee: |
Diaper-changing aid
In the drawing: FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one form of the invention; FIG. 2 is a sectional detail view on line 2--2 of FIG. 1; FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a modification; FIG. 4 is an end v... Read More
Inventors: Hamann, Asta M.;, Assignee: |
Commode
A portable commode includes a pair of stabilizing legs mounted adjacent diagonally opposite wheels. The stabilizing legs do not engage the surface on which the wheels rest until the user of the commod... Read More
Inventors: Grady, Marilyn;, Assignee: |
Boat dolly
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known type of boat dollies now present in the prior art, the present invention provides an improved boat dolly. As such, the general purpose of t... Read More
Inventors: Selvey, Loy N.;, Assignee: |
Speech compression
In accordance with this invention, generally stated, a novel compression scheme is employed for compression of audio data to attain an approximate 2:1 reduction of sample data. Data reduction is accom... Read More
Inventors: Gillette, Richard J.;, Assignee: McDonnell Douglas Corporation (St. Louis, MO) |
Seat belt anchor mechanism
An object of this invention is to provide a seat belt anchor mechanism of such a structure that a base plate connected to the side of a vehicle body is separated from its corresponding seat-side membe... Read More
Inventors: Tokugawa, Osamu;, Assignee: NSK-Warner K.K. (JP) |
Material construction for improved protective garment and protective garment containing same
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT The following presents a description of a preferred embodiment of the present invention which is also presently considered to be the best mode of carrying out the present ... Read More
Inventors: Grilliot, William L.; Grilliot, Mary I.;, Assignee: |
Channel selector employing variable capacitance elements for tuning
What is claimed is: 1. A television receiver channel selector for selecting one from among a plurality of channel tuning frequencies, comprising: a tuning circuit tunable to said plurality of channel ... Read More
Inventors: Sakamoto, Yoichi;, Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Osaka, JA) |
Tuning circuit arrangement
It is an object of the invention to provide a tuning circuit arrangement with simplified adjustment. According to a first aspect of the invention, there is provided a tuning circuit arrangement compri... Read More
Inventors: Rinderle, Heinz;, Assignee: Licentia Patent-Verwaltungs-G.m.b.H. (Frankfurt am Main, DT) |
Adjustable potentiometer assembly
Accordingly, it is an object of this invention to provide an improved potentiometer assembly. It is another object of this invention to provide an improved tuner control assembly. It is an additional ... Read More
Inventors: Nakanishi, Mutsuo; Schmidt, Hans;, Assignee: Quasar Electronics Corporation (Franklin Park, IL) |
High frequency wide band resonant circuit
We claim as our invention: 1. A high frequency wide band resonant circuit comprising: a first capacitive element; a first series circuit including a first inductive element and a voltage controlled va... Read More
Inventors: Ishikawa, Fumio; Tsuda, Yukio;, Assignee: Sony Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Continuous tuning arrangement for a multiband television receiver
OF THE DRAWING In FIG. 1, a television receiver 10 includes an antenna 12 which couples RF signals to an RF signal processing unit 14. RF signal processing unit 14 filters and amplifies the RF signal... Read More
Inventors: Molinari, Thomas E.;, Assignee: RCA Corporation (New York, NY) |
Robe adapted for incontinent individuals
My invention restores the semblence of dignity to the patient, and provides a garment which appears to be an ordinary robe as the patient sits in a wheelchair. To this end, my invention eliminates bul... Read More
Inventors: Slocum, Patricia K.;, Assignee: |
One-piece garment
In view of the above, it is an object of the present invention to provide a one-piece garment which overcomes these problems and is best suited for practical use. The objective of the invention is rea... Read More
Inventors: Kunieda, Hirohiko;, Assignee: Hinomaru Seni Co., Ltd. (Ogaki, JP) |
Lap hugger
The embodiment of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege are claimed are defined as follows: 1. A garment to be worn by incontinent, sedentary, persons comprising: a cloth front she... Read More
Inventors: Hale, Shirley A.;, Assignee: |
Patient garment
The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege are claimed are defined as follows: 1. A one-piece garment for use by incapacitated patients, said one-piece garment includ... Read More
Inventors: Foreman, Vivian S.;, Assignee: |
Programmable multi-mode two-channel timing generator
It is a primary object of the present invention to provide a novel digital programmable multi-mode two-channel timing generator. It is a primary object of the present invention to provide a digital ti... Read More
Inventors: Kingston, Samuel C.; Barham, Steven T.; Simonsen, Harold L.;, Assignee: Unisys Corporation (Blue Bell, PA) |
Electrical load transfer control system
A primary object of this invention is to provide a control circuit for a two power source electrical power system where an uninterrupted power flow to a critical load is assured in the event of transf... Read More
Inventors: Hase, Alfred Max;, Assignee: |
Method and apparatus for preventing loss of data from volatile memory
OF THE DRAWINGS With reference to FIG. 1, primary power such as standard building supply line 10 of 115 volts AC, and standby AC power 50 such as from a battery/inverter or motor/alternator set, are ... Read More
Inventors: Wiles, James P.;, Assignee: Ladco Development Co., Inc. (Olean, NY) |
High frequency inverter
These and other objects of the invention are accomplished by providing an inverter which includes a pulse-width modulated driver circuit driving first and second pairs of switching MOSFET's having a c... Read More
Inventors: Cheffer, Harold H.;, Assignee: NCR Corporation (Dayton, OH) |
Saturable inductor switch and pulse compression power supply employing the switch
Among the several aspects of the present invention may be noted the provision of an improved saturable inductor switch. The switch provides adequate voltage breakdown protection so the switch may be u... Read More
Inventors: Chu, Edmond Y.; Valencia, Vance I.;, Assignee: Maxwell Laboratories, Inc. (San Diego, CA) |
Cable stringing apparatus
What is claimed is: 1. A cable stringing device comprising: a supporting mobile frame; cable reel support means including a cable reel spindle adapted to mount a reel having a cable receiving spool po... Read More
Inventors: Green, Lane A.;, Assignee: Superior Iron Works & Supply Company, Inc. (Shreveport, LA) |
Cable spinning
I claim: 1. A machine for reeling and unreeling wire for use in an aerial spinning process for forming suspension cables in the construction of a suspension bridge, comprising in combination, a frame ... Read More
Inventors: Knox, Hugh Stewart Geddes;, Assignee: |
Electrical wire attachment
In general, the invention consists of an electrical installation tool having a first fish wire, having a second fish wire formed with a hook on its end, and having an elongated body attached at one en... Read More
Inventors: Pola, Carlo A.;, Assignee: |
Cable pulling system
What is claimed is: 1. A system for pulling electrical cables through a conduit comprising a plurality of gripping means adapted to positively engage the ends of electrical cables in axial extension t... Read More
Inventors: Martin, Bernard L.; Vogel, Bruce N.;, Assignee: Carpenter Rigging and Supply Company, Inc. (San Francisco, CA) |
Apparatus and process for lubricating electrical cable
I claim: 1. An apparatus for lubricating cable being drawn through a conduit comprising: means for uniformly distributing lubricant to the cable at the entry end of the conduit continuously as the cab... Read More
Inventors: Charlton, Webster T.;, Assignee: Stone & Webster Engineering Corp. (Boston, MA) |
Ram-type blowout preventer
What is claimed is: 1. A blowout preventer comprising a body having a central bore and aligned passages extending outwardly from opposite sides of said bore, a ram assembly in each of said passages, e... Read More
Inventors: Helfer, Paul E.; Jones, Marvin R.;, Assignee: |
Water cooling tower having combination splash and film fill structure
The present invention is concerned with a combination fill assembly wherein the effectiveness of the more expensive and efficient film fill portions is maximized, both in terms of the position of such... Read More
Inventors: Dickey, Jr., Joe B.; Kuharic, Ivan F.; Lindahl, Jr., Paul A.;, Assignee: The Marley Company (Mission, KS) |
Cooling tower with partially filled air inlet plenum
AND OBJECTS It is a general object of the invention to provide a cooling tower with generally horizontal film fill with an air inlet plenum partially filled with splash fill which both improves the un... Read More
Inventors: Phelps, Peter M.;, Assignee: |
TV Signal 
