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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4241730 | Knee support A knee support is provided for opposing excessive or abnormal strain or torque on the joint. The support has a pair of pivotally interconnected rigid braces one of which snugly embraces the front of the thigh just above the patella and the other of which ... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4240894 | Drum for electrodeposited copper foil production A drum for copper foil production by an electrodeposition method is composed of an inner support cylinder formed of a copper alloy material having both high electrical conductivity and good elastic properties, and an outer cylinder formed of titanium, zir... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4239064 | Insulation tubes and process of making same A discrete tube is provided which can be readily torn into a length of coiled insulation wrapping. The tube comprises at least two plies of a firm, foamed thermoplastic polymer web which has been set into a coiled configuration. The plies are welded toget... | 12/16/1980 |
| 4222601 | Automobile compartment cover An automobile compartment cover, for use in covering a compartment such as the windowed rear compartment of a hatchback or a station wagon type automotive vehicle, has a variable length elongated hollow cylindrical roller about which is rolled a flexible ... | 09/16/1980 |
| 4213464 | Transducer assembly A transducer assembly is provided for moving a transducer into operative contact with a human eye. The assembly comprises a transducer holder that receives a transducer therein. A slide supports the transducer holder for rearward movement from a home posi... | 07/22/1980 |
| 4212454 | Operation table A surgical operation table has a platform with a main section and an end extension section removably fitted adjacent an end of the main section. The extension section has a pair of support arms removably engageable in complementary sockets secured to the ... | 07/15/1980 |
| 4210899 | Fingerprint-based access control and identification apparatus A system including electronic, mechanical and optical mechanisms which enable the system to: "read" a human fingerprint directly from a human finger; convert the ridge-valley pattern of that fingerprint into an electronic representation; transmit the elec... | 07/01/1980 |
| 4210140 | Device for dispensing medicaments An inhaler device for administering medicaments contained in capsules of the kind including a capsule body portion fitted with a capsule cap portion. The device has a body shell provided with an internal chamber. An air inlet opening leads into the chambe... | 07/01/1980 |
| 4209822 | Light Polarizing illumination device A desk or other work table has a long horizontal work surface above which is mounted one or more suitably housed linear fluorescent lamps extending for about the length of the work surface and at about eye level. A plurality of side-by-side light polarizi... | 06/24/1980 |
| 4209107 | Container with vapor lock closure A container with closure, in which the container has an annular tapered ridge disposed below its upper edge, and the closure has an inverted U-shaped groove with side walls sized and shaped to sealingly contact the container body at 4 surfaces. The U-shap... | 06/24/1980 |
| 4206758 | Device for dispensing medicaments An inhalation device by which powdered medicaments can be orally or nasally inhaled by a patient through a nozzle. A hollow body shell has a chamber therein. An air inlet leads into the chamber. A capsule retaining means has an inlet opening outside the c... | 06/10/1980 |
| 4197836 | Nuclear cardiac blood volume detecting apparatus A built up image illustrating blood volume in the heart versus time taken over many cardiac cycles is produced by continuously displaying a graph of cumulative data indicating the amount of radioactivity from a tracer in the blood detected in the heart du... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4196720 | Solar energy collecting structure The structure disclosed includes an air supported transparent membrane which encloses a solar collector unit. The solar unit includes a solar collector element and two angled walls that support and position the element. The solar collector element receive... | 04/08/1980 |
| 4192318 | Method and apparatus for locating the QRS portion of an electrocardiographic signal A method and improved apparatus for automatically locating the QRS portion of an electrocardiographic signal and for generating a corresponding synchronization pulse is disclosed. Properties associated with the QRS portion of an electrocardiographic signa... | 03/11/1980 |
| 4187981 | Coded module for use in a magnetic pulse generator and method of manufacture A coded, magnetic module has a plurality of Wiegand effect exhibiting wires deployed parallel to one another and extending substantially across the module. These wires are supported in a laminated arrangement between two thin plastic support plies. Coding... | 02/12/1980 |
| 4187263 | Liquid circulating device An apparatus is provided for causing circulation within a large body of fluid. The apparatus comprises a "large bubble" generator exposed to the pressure of the fluid at a predetermined level, a vertically extending standpipe, an inverted siphon between t... | 02/05/1980 |
| 4187211 | Formulation and manufacture of antifouling compositions Antifouling compositions or paints with a high degree of stability and toxic to marine life comprising the combination of (a) cuprous oxide; (b) one or more triorganotin polymer or copolymer carboxylates and (c) at least one relatively inert dehydrating a... | 02/05/1980 |
| 4185270 | Fingerprint identification method and apparatus A process and apparatus for encoding the ridge endings and bifurcations of an inquiry fingerprint and for automatically searching through a file of similarly encoded fingerprints for the fingerprint(s) whose minutiae are most similar to those of the inqui... | 01/22/1980 |
| 4182312 | Dental probe A dental probe having a stylus which is connected through a rod to a three position transducer which produces three signals indicating the position of the probe at any point to which the probe is applied. The transducers are mounted on an index tray which... | 01/08/1980 |
| 4181281 | Articulated multi-swivel chair An articulated multi-swivel chair operable for access to stations disposed within a 360 degree circular range about the chair, includes a mechanism composed of at least two friction loadable pivots each supporting a corresponding link and, in combination,... | 01/01/1980 |
| 4175813 | Tamper-proof adaptor for an electric meter A tamper-proof adaptor is secured to an electric meter or is formed as a part thereof to form a unitary device which, upon first being plugged into a conventional wall pan and thereafter being removed therefrom, automatically restrains reinsertion of the ... | 11/27/1979 |
| 4173735 | Contact fault detector A technique and a circuit is described for readily detecting contact resistance build-up and contact chatter. Closed contacts are arranged in series with each other and with a resistor. A voltage is applied across the series arrangement. Each contact is s... | 11/06/1979 |
| 4173450 | Device for injecting air processed to increase its humidity into oil burning furnaces Combustion efficiency in an oil burning furnace is increased by the catalization effect of consuming atmospheric air processed to increase its humidity. Atmospheric air is processed by either forcing air into a water container and bubbling it through wate... | 11/06/1979 |
| 4172453 | Belt-type restraint device A belt-type restraint device, for restraining a person, has a belt for forming a girdle about the waist of the person and restraint means for securing the wrists of the person to the front of the belt. The restraint means are formed of loops continuous wi... | 10/30/1979 |
| 4171573 | Cropping guide A cropping guide especially for drawing a proportioned field for use in audio/visual work has three straight edge marking device guides, each with an index associated therewith. The first and second straight edges define a right angle therebetween and the... | 10/23/1979 |
| 4168674 | Means controlling tablet tumbler Tablets are coated by tumbling a batch of tablets in a rotating coating pan and subjecting the tablets while they are in the pan to a plurality of treatment steps. Each of these treatment steps consists of a plurality of treatment cycles each including a ... | 09/25/1979 |
| 4164852 | Fan motor unit for room air conditioner A fan motor unit for use in combination with a room air conditioner has two separate motors formed in a unitary housing for separately driving the evaporator and the condenser coil fans. By tailoring the characteristics of each motor to the requirements o... | 08/21/1979 |
| 4159672 | Scent producing apparatus for forced air system Apparatus is provided for introducing a scent into a forced air temperature changing system of the type having a blower and an air filter positioned upstream of the blower. The apparatus comprises a container for retaining a fluid having the desired scent... | 07/03/1979 |
| 4156501 | Cylindrical money box assembly A cylindrical money box assembly that is received in a housing through a generally circular opening thereof and has a locking mechanism with a plate that is rotatable to position projecting portions in relation to a set of parts of the housing. In one pos... | 05/29/1979 |
| 4155438 | Coin operating mechanism utilizing a non-reusable frangible coin-simulating element A combination coin operated mechanism and a non-reusable frangible coin-simulating element that is operative to activate the mechanism. The mechanism is of the type having a coin slide which is adapted to receive the frangible element, and wherein the pre... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4154618 | Novel coating compositions Novel aqueous coating compositions are formed from acidic resins and a metal-polyamine complexer, optionally with organic acids and cometals. The acidic resin is combined with the complexer in the presence of ammonia to form the coating composition, a coo... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4154114 | Biometric measuring device A biometric measuring device measures distances between selected elements in a human body, and in particular, the human eye. Trace means produces respective signals for a preselected number of cycles wherein each signal represents the distance between the... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4150105 | 3-Ketosteroid antigenic conjugates, their preparation, antibodies and use Antigenic 3-ketosteroid hapten-carrier conjugates are produced by activating a carbon atom in the 1,2 or 4 position of the steroid hapten and coupling to an immunogenic carrier through a linking agent. Specific antibodies are raised in animals and used in... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4145793 | Clothespin A clothespin with two elongated members each having a forward end defining a gripping portion and a centrally disposed pivot portion about which each elongated member pivots. A spring acts to bias the gripping portions into abutment with each other and to... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4143710 | Heat transfer fin structure An improved heat transfer fin structure of the type normally fabricated from sheet metal and wrapped about a conduit to provide enhanced heat transfer efficiency between the conduit and a fluid in contact with the conduit, has a plurality of elongated leg... | 03/13/1979 |
| 4138997 | Solar heat collector An improved solar energy collector has a twisted expanded metal/bristle fin combination structure which provides improved energy absorbing efficiency, good peripheral stability, and efficient heat transfer capabilities. The structure is normally formed by... | 02/13/1979 |
| 4139864 | Security system for a solid state device The security system is adapted to be utilized in conjunction with a device such as an electronic calculator having solid state circuit elements formed on chips wherein the elements perform predetermined functions. The system comprises a gate formed on one... | 02/13/1979 |
| 4139231 | Automobile rear compartment cover An automobile rear compartment cover, for use in covering the windowed rear compartment of automotive vehicles such as a hatch back or a station wagon, has an elongated hollow cylinder roller about which is rolled a flexible sheet member and which has a s... | 02/13/1979 |
| 4137725 | Compressor control for a reversible heat pump A control means is provided in the control circuit for a heat pump whereby a change in mode of the heat pump will result in the compressor being deenergized and maintained deenergized for a period of time determined by the control means, to allow equaliza... | 02/06/1979 |
| 4137526 | Alarm zone disabling control circuit A control circuit for an intrusion or other event responsive alarm device, generates an operating signal for the alarm device in response to a signal provided by a sensor. A plurality of such control circuits are ganged together, each receiving sensor sig... | 01/30/1979 |
