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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4562983 | Bag holders A device for maintaining a flexible trash bag in an opened mouthed and vertical receiving position regardless of terrain having three legs which are adjustable in length to accommodate lands of pitching characteristics. The legs being of a plastic tubular... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4477917 | Digital disdrometer A plurality of thin, conductive wires are stretched across the open center of a frame through which the liquid drops to be measured will fall. Adjacent wires are maintained at a potential difference with respect to each other so that when the wires are mo... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4470168 | Chimney cleaning apparatus and method of making same Hard, brittle creosote deposits are removed from a chimney flue by striking the sharp ends of rods of flue cleaning apparatus against the deposits with penetrating impact and creosote chip-producing effect so as to break away creosote adhering to the flue... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4450282 | Catalyst for a process for producing silicones An improved direct process for producing organohalosilanes and particularly diorganodihalosilanes from silicon metal and an organohalide comprising contacting the two reactants in the presence of a partially oxidized copper catalyst having a surface area ... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4448297 | Ferromagnetic coin validator and method A sensing device determines whether the ferromagnetic properties of a standard acceptable coin are matched by a coin under test. The two are compared in a sensing device which consists of a pair of substantially identical sensing coils wound around tube c... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4426078 | Bowling alley pitboard A pitboard which is installed in a bowling alley between the lane and the pin and ball pickup having a hard slippery surface which facilitates the rolling and sliding of the pins and balls. The pitboard has a foam core for absorbing sound, and the pin-sup... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4418792 | Pool ladder A pool ladder for use by individuals confined to a wheelchair having a top step which is at a height substantially equal to the height of a wheelchair seat, and a second step which is at a height slightly above the wheelchair foot rests. Both the top step... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4391338 | Microbalance and method for measuring the mass of matter suspended within a fluid medium The oscillating element in a microbalance is provided with a filter on its oscillating end for the entrapment of matter whose mass is to be determined by passing the medium containing such matter therethrough. The oscillating element itself is hollow and ... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4376759 | Cyclic process for making hydrogen Nitric oxide, an odd-electron molecule, has been found to react with m-phosphoric acid to displace hydrogen and form nitrosyl m-phosphate. The addition of water to the nitrosyl salt regenerates the m-phosphoric acid, half the nitric oxide and the other ha... | 03/15/1983 |
| 4370768 | Damped fluid displacement support system A liquid-sealed envelope contains a core of resilient urethane foam saturated with water, all air having been expelled therefrom. This assembly is enclosed within an outer casing of a resilient material to which the envelope is glued.... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4368823 | Hanging necktie holder A hanger type device that holds ties through the use of clamps which press the ties against the crossarm over which they are draped. The clamps can all be released simultaneously by raising a ring located within a recess at the center of the hanger, and a... | 01/18/1983 |
| 4345757 | Anchored massage and exercising bar A pair of exercising bars with flexible shafts and a plurality of rollers mounted thereon are anchored at one end at selected heights. This enables the operator to stand between them and massage two different parts of his body at the same time, adjusting ... | 08/24/1982 |
| 4304826 | Apparatus and method for blow molding motive power battery cases A motive power battery casing is blow molded in an oblong configuration of rectangular cross-section. The die is notched so as to create longitudinal ribs of relatively greater thickness of the molding material in a generally cylindrical parison. The casi... | 12/08/1981 |
| 4294557 | Shield for typewriter keyboard and cylinder A portable shield intended to block the student typist's view of the keyboard and cylinder is made of cardboard having creases for folding at convenient locations. One portion of the shield screens the keyboard while another portion screens the cylinder. ... | 10/13/1981 |
| 4285329 | Friction heat generator An improved friction heat generator of the type having stationary and rotatable friction disc assemblies with a thin fluid film there between, driven by either a variable or constant power source. In either case, the disc interface pressure, which is perp... | 08/25/1981 |
| 4263905 | Decubitous boot A boot-like appliance is formed of a resilient or inflatable material intended to generally envelop a patient's foot and lower leg area. The device is provided with suitable apertures to eliminate pressure points at bony prominences. Valves are provided i... | 04/28/1981 |
