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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4944050 | Combined shower splash guard and shower curtain holder A combined shower splash guard member with a shower curtain holder is provided by a molded, generally triangularly-shaped, and modified, one piece body having two straight legs that intersect at a vertex of the triangle, and a third, web-like leg that ext... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4816419 | Fluorescence ligand binding assay using charge-matched dye and solvent components Fluorescence ligand binding assay of a sample containing an unknown amount of ligand is performed by making direct intensity measurements. In an immunoassay the sample is in a solution containing dye labeled analyte and an antibody specific to the analyte... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4793266 | Cake decorating stand A stand for aiding a worker, such as a cake decorator, to have selective access from a single work position to all surfaces of the product being worked upon, where the product has multiple tiers of different heights and widths, is provided by a movable pr... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4732755 | Skin burn treatment A new method for treatment of skin burn is disclosed. A known material, sodium polyacrylate, has been discovered to be useful in the treatment of burns. The method of treatment includes spreading sodium polyacrylate powder as a dressing over the skin burn... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4703703 | Variable width, tiered display stand A variable width tiered display stand, which may be supplied in knocked-down condition, and which may be readily assembled at the site of use, is disclosed. The stand provides multiple tiers, each adapted for support of a box of boxed goods thereon, to pr... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4702638 | Inexpensive, knock-down furniture assembled with mating, molded, plastic shells for corners and elbows Inexpensive, knock-down, furniture constructions, assembled with mating, molded, plastic shells for corners and elbows are disclosed for use in furniture pieces for use by children. The furniture constructions include panel members of inexpensive sheet ma... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4700631 | Ink fountain and ink fountain support for printing press An ink fountain for supplying ink to the ink carrying surface of a printing press form roll has an ink receptacle which may be removed from and reinstalled into the press separate from the adjustable support assembly which maintains it in an operative pos... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4694962 | Standard dimension pallet assembly formed of separate abutted segments Aliquot segments of a product transport pallet are maintained assembled to form a pallet assembly of a standard size by rigid members and metallic bands, by mutual interengagement of abutting portions of the segments or by rigid members and clips to enabl... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4662593 | Concealed mounting for wall mounted supports formed of plastic An improved fixture mounting is provided for a cantilevered fixture having a relatively broad base, or rear portion, adapted to be affixed to a support wall or other support surface. The mounting base portion of the fixture is provided with a cavity that ... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4657186 | Stream former A new and improved stream former is provided for attachment to the discharge end of a faucet or the like. The stream issuing from the stream former provides a formed, coherent, non-splash, silent, gentle flow. The stream former includes a sleeve-like casi... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4643272 | Marine muffler for water-cooled internal combustion engines An exhaust gas silencing assembly or unit of the wet-type receives the exhaust gases from a water cooled internal combustion engine used to power a water-going vehicle, such as a speed boat, and the coolant water from the water jacket of the engine. The e... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4640898 | Homogeneous fluorescence ligang binding assay based upon preferential alteration of the respective intensities of bound and free label by solvent components Fluorescence ligand binding assay of a sample containing an unknown amount of ligand may be performed by making direct intensity measurements. In an immunoassay, for example, the sample may be added to a solution containing fluorescein labeled analyte and... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4632142 | Ballcock assembly A ballcock is constructed with upper and lower housing members which are joined by a bayonet-type fitting. The juncture of the upper and lower members defines a valve chamber which sits atop the orifice of a vertical inflow tube carrying water from below ... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4624022 | Device for holding a sheet or cover in position on the surface of a water bed mattress A device for holding the corner of a sheet and/or cover in place on the surface of a water bed mattress is provided by a corner structure insertable under each corner of the mattress, to be supported and confined by the bottom support for the mattress and... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4622850 | Marine pitot tube A pressure operated speed indicating system for a vehicle operating in a fluid, such as a speed boat, has a mounting bracket which enables a pressure sensing or pitot tube having a pressure sensing opening to be placed in an optimum position with respect ... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4622822 | Peltier thermoelectric element mounting In heating and cooling assemblages, that use a thermoelectric module of the Peltier type held tightly between heating and cooling members, an improvement, for avoiding fracture of the frangible components of the Peltier type thermoelectric module, is prov... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4604892 | Device for the automatic contactless measurement of the volume of a layer deposited on a substrate An apparatus and process are disclosed for the contactless measurement of the volume of a layer of wet, electrically resistive material that is deposited on a rigid substrate support, where the deposit of said electrically resistive material has a known l... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4593686 | Monitor for an anti-apnea device A monitor system is provided for a device used in the treatment of sleep apnea. The device engages the user's tongue in a socket. The tongue is thereby held in a forward position, increasing the size of the air passageway, while at the same time flow of a... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4569351 | Apparatus and method for stimulating micturition and certain muscles in paraplegic mammals There is disclosed a new, useful and simple apparatus, and surgical method, for implantation of same, for selective control of evacuating the urinary bladder in mammals by electrical stimulation of the motor innervations of the bladder's detrusor urinae m... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4562859 | Ballcock assembly A ballcock is constructed with upper and lower housing members which are joined by a bayonet-type fitting. The juncture of the upper and lower members defines a valve chamber which sits atop the orifice of a vertical inflow tube carrying water from below ... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4557125 | Apparatus for on line, random sample, inspection of cold-formed blanks for threaded fasteners An improved apparatus for on-line inspection of an intermediate-stage, headed, non-threaded blank for a threaded fastener is disclosed. If the blank fails to meet specifications, the production of blanks is terminated. Improvement features include a roll-... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4553346 | Display device A poster display, subject to out-of-door wind forces that will develop substantial overturning forces against the poster display, is provided with a self-righting feature by using a hollow support base, with a convex support side, that is ballasted by a f... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4552091 | Apparatus for metalizing metal bodies An apparatus and method for metalizing the surface of metal bodies, such as bars, rods and tubes is providing using a substantially enclosed chamber in which the metalizing is caused to occur. An elongated body to be metalized is moved axially into the ch... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4551354 | Method for metalizing metal bodies An apparatus and method for metalizing the surface of metal bodies, such as bars, rods and tubes is provided using a substantially enclosed chamber in which the metalizing is caused to occur. An elongated body to be metalized is moved axially into the cha... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4550838 | Modular display rack An improved, knock-down, multiple-level, article storage and display rack may be assembled using article storage and shipping containers and dowel rod spacers. The containers, which preferably are molded plastic trays, each have a rectangular base and thr... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4547135 | Motor-pump unit A motor-pump unit consists of a screw shaft pump and a slot-barrel motor located on the pressure side of the pump. The motor-pump unit is provided with a rigid, preferably one-piece, shaft by which the motor drives the pump. The motor is located on the pr... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4540407 | Surgical gloves and surface treatment of surgical gloves for avoiding starch peritonitis and the like An improved surgical glove, powdered to serve as a lubricant, is provided by using a polyol powder as the lubricant. The use of a polyol powder as the powdering agent for use on surgical gloves avoids the problem of starch peritonitis that has been report... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4539555 | Fire and smoke protection device for use in buildings An anti-security control for unlocking the normally locked door which separates the corridor side and the stairwell side of buildings, such as hotels. The anti-security control is preferably adapted for use with and draws power from any conventional-type ... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4525167 | Body fluid suction device A medical suction device is provided in which a constant force means is utilized to create substantially constant vacuum in a chamber of the suction device, as the device progressively fills with fluid being drawn thereinto from a catheter or the like. Th... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4505395 | Magazine display tray A unitary, molded, vending and article display tray, for flat articles such as magazines provides a substantially horizontal tray means for receiving, supporting, and holding, in a somewhat confined manner, but providing easy customer manual access to, a ... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4490411 | Apparatus for and method of metalizing internal surfaces of metal bodies such as tubes and pipes An apparatus and method for metalizing the interior of pipes or tubes is disclosed. The base metal pipe or tube to be internally metalized is moved axially while simultaneously being rotated at a relatively high rpm. A first pre-heat means, preferably an ... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4474297 | Storage and dispenser rack A new storage and dispenser rack is provided for quasi-cylindrical containers such as bottles, wherein the ends of the containers are of different dimension but with a belly portion of the container being substantially of the same size and shape as the la... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4467927 | Molded tray for display stands An improved molded tray for a display stand is shaped to provide a rectangular planar product-support member, whose support area is free of structural invasion by other parts of the tray. The planar product-support member is reinforced by an integral, tra... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4453926 | Scarifier An improved packaging and assembly is provided for a multiple-point sacrifying device for vaccinating or skin testing. In order to insure economic wage of immunological or allergenic liquid pre-assembled on the scarifying device, each cluster of multiple ... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4452254 | Cardiac electrode and method for installing same A novel cardiac lead assembly is described which includes an elongatable coil spring which serves to connect a screw-in electrode tip with a connector. A flange is affixed to the electrode tip and the lead is positioned inside a tubular lead insertion dev... | 06/05/1984 |
| 4449741 | Waste plumbing installation and fittings therefor A plumbing network section for multi-storied construction is disclosed which uses an integral waste stack segment and waste receiving manifold for receiving waste from plumbing fixtures, and with multiple vents in the waste receiving manifold arranged for... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4445230 | Bag with integral closure tie A bag construction with integral tie means is provided cut from an elongated flattened tube of bag material, such as a thin walled plastic sheath. The flattened tube of material is cut with a lazy-U cut that extends across the entire width thereof to prov... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4444188 | Balloon catheter The disclosed balloon catheter includes a proximal catheter segment, a distal catheter segment, and an inflatable balloon member secured to and disposed between the proximal and distal catheter segments. A tension member is secured to the distal catheter ... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4439452 | Class of analgesics and/or anti-inflammatory agents consisting of inhibitors of breakdown of endogenous enkephalin and/or endorphin, and combinations of said analgesics with antipyretic, anti-inflammatory (aspirin-type) drugs A new class of analgesics is provided by substances that inhibit breakdown of endogenous substance such as enkephalins and/or endorphins. The analgesic effect of an enkephalin breakdown inhibitor is greatly enhanced by being combined with an antipyretic, ... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4435171 | Apparatus to be worn and method for removing fluid from a living subject Manifolds are disclosed for introducing fluid into the human body and removing fluid therefrom. The fluid removing manifolds include a plurality of separately valved containers sealed to the manifold. Each container is filled in series via the manifold an... | 03/06/1984 |
