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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 3958274 | Combined poncho-mattress A combined poncho-mattress formed of a substantially rectangular main sheet of pliable, air-tight and water-proof material centrally provided with a transverse head slot, on which are centrally mounted a pair of secondary sheets of the same material, with... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3958275 | Helmet for divers A head enclosing helmet structure is provided including a fluidtight front viewing window and a lower access opening for upwardly removably receiving the head of the wearer of the helmet therethrough. The outer surface portions of the helmet portions disp... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3958276 | Helmet A bullet-proof body-protecting wall structure comprising a thin resilient pressure molded, outer skin of resin impregnated layers of flexible woven fabric with inner and outer surfaces, a non-integrated laminated flexible woven fabric core with inner and ... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3958277 | Tie clasp A tie clasp is disclosed for supporting neckwear. The tie clasp comprises a plate adapted to be positioned on the front of a shirt collar, hook means mounted on the back of said plate for suspending said plate from the shirt collar, and receiving means mo... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3958278 | Endoprosthetic knee joint An endoprosthetic knee joint device is suited to a unicondylar procedure in which only one compartment of the knee is treated, or a duocondylar procedure, the latter employing a pair of like femoral components and a tibial component having a common platfo... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3958279 | Recirculating sewerage system A recirculating sewage system comprising a toilet, a recirculating tank, means for draining the recirculating tank, means for directing the effluent flushed from the toilet into the recirculating tank, pump means communicating with the recirculating tank,... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3958280 | Flushing valve An improved flushing valve for inter-connecting a water closet with a waste dispensing bowl for preventing overflow in the event of a line stoppage. The valve is opened in the ordinary manner and held open by the action of fluid flowing through the valve ... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3958281 | Toilet tank flush valve A toilet tank flush valve having a primary valve element for sealing the tank outlet opening and a secondary valve mounted therein. The secondary valve has a valve seat mounted on the primary valve and a movable valve element which couples the primary val... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3958282 | Portable seat lift for use in bathtubs A portable seat lift is disclosed for use in bathtubs. The seat lift comprises a base sized for placement upon a bathtub floor between the bathtub walls. A pair of mutually spaced hydraulic cylinders extend upwardly from the base with each cylinder includ... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3958283 | Elevating and Trendelenburg mechanism for an adjustable bed An elevating and Trendelenburg mechanism for a hospital bed providing elevated Trendelenburg positions and positive latching of cooperating members. Two torque tubes pivotally attach to an elevating frame. Lift arms welded to the torque tubes support the ... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3958284 | Bed frame construction The bed frame includes a pair of side rails, end rails and intermediate slats in coplanar relation. The slats and end rails are secured at opposite ends to the side rails by plates of the type having a plurality of teeth struck to project to one side ther... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3958285 | Upholstery system method and apparatus An upholstery system method and apparatus for furniture and the like in which the upholstery covering is releasably affixed to a base member for enabling changing of the covering as desired. A clasp apparatus adapted for mounting with the base member for ... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3958286 | Fire extinguishing mattress cover A liquid filled cover for a mattress having horizontally disposed upper and lower sheets of a material having a low resistance to penetration by fire and hot objects capable of initiating fire joined at their outermost edges to form a leakproof enclosure.... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3958287 | Dischargeable black dyeing on acid modified polyester fiber A process to dye acid modified polyester fibers, such as Dacron T-64 fibers, a dischargeable black by dyeing the fibers with a mixture of six different basic dyes.... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3958288 | Process for the continuous dyeing of high quality polyester fibers Process for the continuous dyeing of high-quality polyester fibers, wherein on the textile material, which has been impregnated with a dyeing liquor, the dyestuff applied is fixed by means of a combined treatment with saturated vapor at high pressure and ... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3958289 | Canoe storage compartment A storage compartment having a geometry permitting acceptance of the compartment within a canoe, having an opening for introduction and removal of articles into and from the compartment, having a door, moveable relative to said opening between closed and ... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3958290 | Feeding device for the rotary die head of an automatic high-speed cold heading machine The disclosed invention relates to a feeding device for a rotary die head of an automatic highspeed cold heading machine adapted for forming bolts, machine screws, rivets, and like products and, more particularly, to an intermittent rotary motion mechanis... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3958291 | Outer shell construction for boot and method of forming same An outer shell construction particularly suited for a ski boot and method for forming same is provided. The outer shell construction is formed by the steps of injection molding an outer shell, and securing a collapsible core to the inside of the boot to d... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3958292 | Roller for cleaning phonograph records A means for use in cleaning a gramophone record comprising moving a roller having an adhesive tape applied to the surface thereof across and in contact with the face of the record to be cleaned, the bond strength between the individual particles of the ad... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3958293 | Pipe cleaning machine An improved pipe cleaning machine of the type which uses an elongated, flexible coil spring or plumbers snake formed of helically wound spring wire which is housed within a rotatable spring storage reel and is withdrawn therefrom for insertion into the pi... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3958294 | Rotary scraper A rotary scraper with fingers striking the work surface at a lagging angle, thus removing material by impact rather than by a scraping action. By way of an example, a wire brush with pivoted fingers that are restrained and unable to fully centrifugally ex... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3958295 | BACKING MEMBERS FOR USE IN WINDSHIELD WIPERS A windshield wiper backing member is slotted for the reception of a squeegee and is provided with breakage indicators along its length to permit it to be used as a "universally applicable" member with different sizes of superstructure. The backing member ... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3958296 | Air filter cleaner An air filter cleaner is disclosed which is portable and which may be used on the job site for the cleaning of air filters of heavy construction equipment. The air filter cleaner is lightweight and may easily be carried or moved by a single person. The fi... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3958297 | Suction cleaner A suction cleaner, wherein the interior of a container thereof is divided into two chambers, namely, the first chamber and the second chamber, by a partition, and the first chamber accommodates a suction fan, a filter member and a dust-receiving box insta... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3958298 | Cleaning nozzle An improved suction head for a surface vacuum cleaning apparatus which includes a glide shoe having slots on the bottom thereof adjacent to the leading and trailing edges of the shoe, a vacuum conduit in fluid communication with the glide shoe slots, a no... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3958299 | Auxiliary air cooling system for canister cleaners Canister cleaner arrangements are provided in which auxiliary cooling air is introduced to the cleaner main air stream fan system discharge so as to provide a cooled discharge air temperature to maintain cooled portions of the canister cleaner adjacent th... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3958300 | Plastic device for clamping and holding a length of electric cord Disclosed is a plastic device for clampingly holding a length of electric cord which device comprises two "L"-shaped halves hinge-connected to each other, each having an L-shaped groove. In use, a length of electric cord is curved in the form of an L, and... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3958301 | Gravity-actuator closure hardware Gravity-actuated self-closing hardware adapted to be attached to a closure, such as a door, for mounting swingably the door to a door frame to enable the door to swing between an open position out of the plane of the door frame and a closed position dispo... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3958302 | Apparatus for opening the body cavity of a fowl A revolving apparatus for automatically opening a fowl's body cavity by severing the fowl's skin near its vent, comprising at least one slide block reciprocating towards and away from the fowl and carrying a gripping member, which grips the fowl as the sl... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3958303 | Method and apparatus for poultry vent removal Poultry carcasses are suspended by their legs and advanced by an overhead conveyor to a machine which automatically severs the vent from each carcass in succession as advancement continues and then partially withdraws each severed vent from its carcass to... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3958304 | Machine for washing tripe A machine for washing tripe comprising an inclined housing having upper and lower ends with a central opening formed in the upper end thereof. A perforated drum is rotatably mounted in the housing and has an opening formed in its upper end with communicat... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3958305 | Method of and an apparatus for uniformalizing combing machine slivers In order to compensate the combing periods in density fluctuation machine slivers, the density of each of a plurality of slivers is measured to detect the phase positions of the combing periods therein and then the relative positions of the respective sli... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3958306 | Umbrella fastener An umbrella fastener comprising: a tapered hollow truncated cylinder; and a holding means attached to one end of the cylinder for enabling a person to hold the cylinder.... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3958307 | Button assembly with rotatable and pivotable button Button leg comprising a support plate for a button main body, a leg main body having an upper constricted neck around which the support plate is loosely fitted in pivotably rotatably movable manner and a screw to be screwed into the leg main body to detac... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3958308 | Quick-release fasteners The invention relates to a resilient plastics retaining sleeve for a stud assembly of a quick release fastener for holding a panel on a support member and consisting of two parts, a stud and a retaining member or receptacle. The sleeve comprises a substan... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3958309 | Motorized expander for one, two or more cloth width Motorized expander comprising on a single driven shaft at least two cylinders rigid with the shaft at its ends, a central cylinder idly mounted between the cylinders and separated from them by free spaces, and at least one clutch member for transmitting r... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3958310 | Method for interlacing filaments of multifilament yarns Multifilament yarn is interlaced by passing the yarn through an apparatus which impinges four streams or jets of fluid upon the yarn. The jets or streams of fluid are given a rotational component by auxiliary streams of air which impinge on the jets or st... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3958311 | Method of making a grooved roller A grooved roller such as those used in the paper industry in which a plurality of grooved rings are heat shrunk onto a cylindrical core in a manner which provides ease of manufacture and avoid possibilities of premature contact of the outer rings with the... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3958312 | Catalytic device for an exhaust system for an internal combustion engine A catalytic device for an internal combustion engine comprises a unitary refractory catalyst support surrounded by a combined thermal insulating and shock absorbing layer in turn closely surrounded by a gas impervious casing. A number of methods are discl... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3958313 | Method, apparatus and product for improved pipe-to-manhole sealing An underground joint between sewer pipe and reinforced concrete manhole riser is tightly sealed, and resistant to breakage caused by settling or frost heaving by a tapered, elastomeric, tubular connector boot, capable of flexing and yielding under lateral... | 05/25/1976 |
