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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 3955577 | Resin treated absorbent pad or web for body fluids A disposable diaper combining improved softness and sufficient strength to resist in use tearing and shredding in a single structure, thereby producing better compliance and fit when the structure is applied to the wearer, and hence improved comfort as we... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955578 | Rotatable surgical snare A rotatable endoscopic surgical snare having an operating loop which is rotatable about the longitudinal axis of a torque transmitting center member connecting the operating loop to an electrical power supply. The operating loop is retractable and protrac... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955579 | Vacuum curet A vacuum curet of novel design having a central portion which is tapered and an internal lumen which is preferably also tapered. This provides a curet which is rigid over its central and proximal end (i.e. the end that fits into a vacuum source) and maxim... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955580 | Identification tag and insertion tool for cattle The identification tag is in the form of a flexible plastic disc having a fastening portion in the shape of an inverted T, the stem of the T extending from a peripheral portion of the disc. A U-shaped strip of metal serves as an inserting tool and is arra... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955581 | Three-stage surgical instrument A surgical instrument for controlling the operation of a three-stage staple-carrying cartridge adapted to ligate, suture and divide organic tubular structures such as blood vessels. The instrument also operates in three-stages to positively control the li... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955582 | Obstetrical tool for animals This invention relates to an obstetrical tool for animals and, more specifically, to an improved calf puller characterized by a crank-operated winch mechanism coupled with a pair of telescoping tubes and a system of pulleys that cooperate with one another... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955583 | Method of and apparatus for dental anesthesia A region to be anesthetized is connected between a pair of electrical leads. A train of like primary direct-current pulses of a polarity tending to counter nerve-generated pain signals is applied to the region by the conductors. Between these primary puls... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955584 | Tobacco reclaiming apparatus in cigarette making In continuous rod cigarette making machinery waste tobacco is collected from various sources (in particular from a stripping device for rejected cigarettes) and is fed to a separation box where non-tobacco waste is removed. The waste tobacco is then conve... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955585 | Safety smoking device A casing has an end wall adapted to receive a cigarette holder for holding a cigarette internally of the casing. Removable and disposable astrays are held under the cigarette holder. Also provided in the casing is a cigarette lighter and a compartment to ... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955586 | Buffer treated polyurethane foam end wrap A superior end wrap comprising an open-celled polyurethane foam of specified porosity and thickness which foam has been treated with a buffer solution and a permanent waving process using said buffer treated end wraps.... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955587 | Changeable-shape hair piece and method of styling an artificial coiffure Ductile filaments, such as 37-43 gauge plastic coated metal wire, are distributed throughout hair filaments in such a manner that a small number of ductile filaments may be used to hold a large number of hair filaments in a changeable-shape coiffure. The ... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955588 | Spraying device for a bottle cleaning machine A spraying device for a bottle cleaning machine in which bottles are conveyed in inverted position. The spraying device reciprocates in the machine beneath the bottles and includes upwardly directed nozzles that follow respective bottles in succession for... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955589 | Fluid isolating valve This invention is a valve for isolating a fluid such as petroleum, oil or gas, in a fluid system, in the event of fire breaking out. A fusible cap containing a valve element collapses at a lower temperature than the material in the rest of the system, all... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955590 | Regulator for vehicle leveling systems A fluid pressure regulator adapted to receive a supply of fluid through a check valve system thereof which prevents admission of fluid above a preselected operating pressure, and discharge of fluid from an apparatus served thereby below, a fail-safe press... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955591 | Insert type sliding gate valve A reciprocating sliding gate valve with tubular housing and one movable and one stationary gate having multiple fluid conducting ports, which overlap with solid wall partitions spaced between said ports when the valve is closed following sliding, reciproc... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955592 | Check valve A check valve comprising a sectional valve body adapted to be interposed in a flow line, a valve seat provided in one body portion, a pivotal clapper member movable toward and away from said valve seat to provide alternate open and closed positions for th... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955593 | Conveyor for flexible slurry hose A conveyor for a flexible slurry hose of the type carried on a plurality of wheel-supported carts interconnected by an articulated linkage. The conveyor provides guidance and track means for transporting the carts and hose through a 180° turn by lifting ... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955594 | Pressure operated valve systems Fluid flow through a conduit is controlled by varying the pressure of the fluid. The fluid passes through a normally closed valve comprising a flexible sleeve held in pinched closed condition by an elastic material which is isolated from all pressures exc... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955595 | Automatic fluid flow regulator A fluid flow regulating device for use in fluid handling systems which is capable of maintaining substantially constant flow rates over a wide range of variations in system pressure. The device includes a housing having disposed therein a conduit whose la... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955596 | Sewer pest control check valve A sewer pipe valve section comprising a removable one-way check valve and a separate removable screen is provided to be interposed between the building sewer drain system and that of the city. A linkage retains the screen in a normally raised inoperative ... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955597 | Poppet type change-over valve assembly A poppet type change-over valve assembly suitable for switching a fluid flow direction and capable of dealing with a large fluid flow with a small valve displacement and small valve operating force. The valve assembly characteristically comprises an annul... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955598 | Distributing member having a resiliently backed lamellar skirt, for mixing valves A distribution member for mixing cocks, having the form of a lamellar skirt of an elastically yielding material cooperating with fluid passage ports, and having a backing of a compressed resilient material which exerts an elastical backing action substant... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955599 | Apparatus for bending a flowline under subsea conditions An apparatus for terminating a subsea flowline at an offshore structure by providing a bend in the continuous flowline at the bottom of the offshore structure to provide an upstanding flowline end portion adapted to be secured to the offshore structure. A... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955600 | Composite pipeline This invention relates to a composite pipeline to be used in a submerged condition, usually in deep water. In accordance with this invention, the composite pipeline comprises a pipeline through which a fluid flows, e.g., oil, gas or a slurry; to provide f... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955601 | Heat insulating jacket for a conduit equipped with self-locking seam A laminated heat insulating jacket for conduits having a self-locking separable plastic seam for holding the jacket assembled about a fluid conveying conduit and more particularly a conduit of the type embraced by a heat tracer tube helpful in heating the... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955602 | Apparatus for fabricating three-dimensional fabric material Three-dimensional impregnated filamentary materials and methods for making the same.... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955603 | Looms provided with means for making movement thereof uniform A textile machine incorporates a crank and a connecting rod which carries a mass of such value and so positioned that the moment of inertia of the connecting rod about the axis of the crank pin introduces inertial variations which are opposed to and of ab... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955604 | Deflecting device for flat textile structures An endless belt is disposed between the cloth take-off roller of a weaving machine and the pressing roller in order to press a cloth passing between the belt and the take-off roller or between the belt and each of the take-off roller and pressing roller. ... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955605 | Apparatus and method for supplying a metered charge at any feed rate An apparatus and method are disclosed for providing a measured quantity of extrudate material to a plurality of continuously moving uniformly spaced receptacles on a rotating conveyor which can travel at varying speeds. The extrudate material is severed b... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955606 | Loading containers with powder When loading a cylindrical container with metal powder it is sometimes desirable to deposit the powder with the finer particles of the powder forming an outer layer surrounding the heavier coarser particles. To bring this about the powder is allowed to fall fr... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955607 | Mitering guide for rotary power tool A guide for a manual rotary power tool having an end-mill type rotary cutter for mitering high pressure laminate structure, including a plate with a guide strip beneath and a recess along the guide strip proximate the plate for receiving the edge of lamin... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955608 | Debarking method and apparatus Logs or tree limb sections to be debarked and a plurality of smaller, higher density impact objects are disposed in a series of interfaced, open-ended cylindrical sections, alternate ones of which have different diameters and are rotated in opposite direc... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955609 | Handbag A ladies handbag is provided with an external flap on either side thereof. Each flap is hingedly affixed to lie in juxtaposition against the respective side of the handbag when closed. One flap opens to reveal tiers of document stowage pockets carried on ... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955610 | Self-seating tire traction apparatus for clampingly engaging tire sidewalls A tire traction apparatus for use on a tire comprising at least one chain having first and second ends and a length slightly greater than the circumference of the tire, a latch for securing the first end to a portion of the chain proximate the second end,... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955611 | Awning construction An awning construction particularly adapted for mounting on a mobile home. The awning includes an awning shade having one end fixed to an outside wall of the mobile home, and the other end of the awning shade is attached to an awning roller, which roller ... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955612 | Metal melting and casting process A method and apparatus for melting and fine-casting precious metals in which a closed, gas-pressurizable crucible is arranged on top of a molding cell and connected thereto via a valve-controlled tapping passage. The melt is tapped under pressure into an ... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955613 | Foundry mold conveyor system A foundry mold conveyor system for the intermittent movement or indexing of pallets or other mold carriers successively first past a mold receiving station where a foundry sand mold is placed on each empty pallet, then to and through a jacket transfer sta... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955614 | Foundry molding machine A foundary molding machine which for the simultaneous separate production of two foundry mold parts possesses two mold units provided with a respective match plate support and a sand filling- and compaction station. Each of the mold units has operatively ... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955615 | Twin-belt continuous casting apparatus Improved casting side dam apparatus for use in twin-belt continuous metal casting machines is described particularly adapted for casting rectangular copper bar providing a casting speed almost double that obtained in prior twin-belt machines and a dambloc... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3955616 | Ceramic molds having a metal oxide barrier for casting and directional solidification of superalloys A metal oxide barrier layer is provided at the interface between a refractory oxide-silica investment mold and a contained metal superalloy, allowing directional solidification of the contained superalloy at elevated temperatures without metal-mold reacti... | 05/11/1976 |
