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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4988092 | Break-down therapeutic walker with foot separator A therapeutic walker comprises a floor plate with a center board extending upwardly therefrom to maintain lateral spacing between a child's feet as he walks along the board. The ends of the center board are supported by end plates bearing stanchions which... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4950281 | Everting forceps A forceps for holding and everting vessels in an anastomosis procedure includes three cooperating jaws mounted at the ends of respective relatively movable legs. The legs can be independently manipulated in order to secure and evert first one vessel, then... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4934532 | Container for slides A container for mounted slides comprises a continuous strip of transparent material folded upon itself, with regularly spaced pairs of continuous welds extending across the width of the strip to define a series of transverse pockets closed at one end and ... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4932189 | Apparatus for automatically inserting packs of photographic negatives and prints into envelopes A device for automatically inserting packs of photographic negatives and prints into respective pockets of a series of envelopes includes separate guides for supporting and guiding the negatives and prints toward the envelopes, which are supported by a co... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4929240 | Surgical clip and applier A surgical clip is disclosed having a pair of spaced arms joined by a bridge that is deformed by pulling on a tang, which is connected to the bridge by a frangible neck. Also disclosed is a tool for pulling the tang, and an anastomosis procedure that may ... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4928434 | Lapping internal surfaces In improved equipment for lapping internal surfaces, use is made of a composite lap, the rod of which is held by the tool spindle and inserted with a marginal degree of clearance into a cone that carries the abrasive shell, and a chucking mechanism locate... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4922625 | Sectionalized centrifugal drying basket/screen assembly A sectionalized screen/basket assembly for a centrifugal dryer for coal slurry comprises a screen formed in an upper section and a lower section, enabling one to save substantially on screen replacement costs, inasmuch as the great preponderance of screen... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4921018 | Heat insulated line for the transport of fluids A flexible, thermally insulated conduit has a central pipe and a coaxial casing spaced therefrom by annular spacers, defining a series of seated chambers. The chambers are filled with a foam material.... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4898219 | Working head for a tree-shaping machine A working head for a tree-shaping machine comprises drive means and at least one shaping unit comprising at least one mobile blade and an actuating jack (8, 9) for applying the blade to the surface of a tree. The pressure in the jacks is cancelled during ... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4892367 | Storage cabinet with pivoting storage compartments The storage cabinet comprises a frame supporting at least two superimposed rows of pivoting storage modules. The closing-opening angle of rotation ଲ of the storage modules is calculated according to the center distance y of the axes of rotation of t... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4883118 | Combination tubing cutter and releasing overshot A mechanical tubing cutter for severing and retrieving fish from wells comprises a slip body for clamping the upper end of the fish, and cam-actuated cutter knives for severing the fish below the slip body. The clamping and cutting operations occur in an ... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4880085 | Brake cam shaft attachment apparatus An assembly for attaching a brake cam shaft to a slack adjuster includes a cam shaft with cam elements at one end thereof and an attachment portion at its other end. The shaft has a spline adjacent the attachment portion. A securing member is locatable ab... | 11/14/1989 |
