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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 3959825 | Reversible necktie A reversible four-in-hand necktie is herein disclosed, which has a first side bearing a first pattern. A second side, bearing a different pattern, is connected to the first side. The first and second sides are symmetric; and together form a pair of relati... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3959826 | Method of skewing twill fabric to avoid leg twist Leg twist in jeans made of twill fabrics may be avoided by skewing the fabric clockwise or counterclockwise depending on the twill direction before making the garment so that when the garment is laundered the positions of the warp and filling yarns will r... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3959827 | Heart valve prosthesis A heart valve having a base with a passage and a free-floating pivoting disc for controlling the flow of blood through the passage. Inwardly directed proximal and distal pivots control the pivoting movement of the disc. The pivots are offset from the diam... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3959828 | Flush valve and overflow pipe assembly for a toilet tank A valve assembly for the control of discharge through the flush-water outlet of a tank for toilets or of other liquid storage tanks. It includes a flexible ball and float combination pivotably supported on the overflow tube in the tank for vertical swingi... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3959829 | Improvements in and relating to dry closets A closet for composting waste material by biological decomposition processes comprises a primary chamber charged with a suitable compound. Means are provided for stirring the bed to break up the bed so as to ensure sufficient aeration of same. There are f... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3959830 | Swimming pool An in-ground swimming pool of completely plastic construction is comprised of a wall portion having the upper edge thereof substantially at ground level and a flexible plastic liner which is secured to the top of the wall portion and completely covers the... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3959831 | Wash basin drain filter A wash basin drain filter for entrapping elongated flexible fibers such as hair while permitting the passage of relatively small particulate matter is disclosed herein. The filter has a generally cylindrical body which, after installation, about the shank... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3959832 | Invalid hammock A hammock having closeable openings therein adapted to fit against pressure points on an individual when lying thereon.... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3959833 | Combination mattress, mattress insert, and commode A combination mattress, mattress insert, and utility insert such as a basin, commode and the like for use with a hospital or invalid bed wherein the mattress has opposite side edge portions and walls extending from one of the side edge portions defining a... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3959834 | Sleeping bag construction Mummy-type insulated sleeping bag, particularly for Winter, Alpine and other severe weather, providing unusual loft and warmth with minimal weight, elimination of coldspots or areas of reduced insulation thickness and suitable for efficient use by persons... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3959835 | Inflatable air mattress This disclosure pertains to an inflatable air mattress comprised of a plurality of longitudinal inflatable main tubes, adjacent to one another, and interconnected pneumatically by short lengths of hoses, transverse to the longitudinal axis of the main tub... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3959836 | Printing process In the printing of fiber assemblages containing acrylic fibers dyeable with cationic dyes and blend fibers dyeable with anionic dyes, there is disclosed a process for printing with a printing paste containing a cationic and a anionic dye which comprises p... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3959837 | Dinghy with mast well A small dinghy or pram having an elongated mast receiving well or slot is disclosed. The dinghy is intended to be stowed on the deck of a larger sailboat with the larger boat's mast being received in the dinghy's mast well, thus enabling the dinghy, to in... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3959838 | Underwater cleaning An underwater surface cleaning apparatus particularly suitable for swimming pools which includes brushes driven by suction of water from immediately around the apparatus through a vane type motor which is coupled to rotate the brush. The motor can include... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3959839 | Scraping apparatus Apparatus for scraping a surface of a substrate comprising substrate support means for supporting a substrate and defining a path of trovel of said substrate through said apparatus, scraping blade support means for supporting a flexible scraping blade for... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3959840 | Pipe cleaning apparatus In a pipe cleaning apparatus with a rotatable lapped coil spring for insertion into a pipe to be cleaned, a flexible tube is accommodated in the coil spring throughout a length thereof which at its one end is connected to an injection nozzle in communicat... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3959841 | Apparatus for applying liquid preparations to the body Apparatus for use by a person for applying liquid preparations, such as lotions, creams, and the like, across portions of the body of such person is disclosed. The apparatus includes an integral elongated reticulated fabric folded along its major axis to ... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3959842 | Tongue toothbrush A tongue toothbrush adapted to be mounted with the tongue both for loosening particulate matter entrapped between the teeth and for cleansing the teeth.... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3959843 | Apparatus for extracting liquid from cloth in rope form An apparatus for extracting a liquid from cloth in rope form including a rotary roller having a V- or U-shaped groove for guiding cloth in rope form, and a fixed hollow shaft or cylinder for rotatably supporting said rotary roller thereon. The rotary roll... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3959844 | Carpet soil extractor A self-contained carpet soil extractor requiring only external contacts to electricity, water and a waste drain is disclosed. A cleaning agent is automatically mixed with water, sprayed on the pile of the carpet, agitated into the pile to loosen and flush... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3959845 | Apparatus and method for cleaning mining cars A system for cleaning particulate matter from a mining car in which a nozzle directs a high pressure fluid against packed particles within the mining car to loosen the same, and withdraws the packed particles and fluid from the mining car with a vacuum fl... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3959846 | Rotary vacuum sweeper improvement The improvement in a rotary vacuum or suction sweeper of the type wherein vacuum of suction is created underneath the carriage body of a wheeled vehicle by the driven rotation of blower impeller means, within a blower housing comprising a part of the carr... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3959847 | Floor cleaning apparatus A cylindrical brush, turnable about a horizontal axis in a housing, has hollow end portions extending along said axis. An arrangement for adjusting the brush relative to said housing and for removing it therefrom, is mounted in said hollow end portions of... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3959848 | Vacuum cleaner nozzle construction A housing of a vacuum cleaner nozzle has an opening in which a brush disk is located so that bristles of the disk extend outwardly of the opening. A journal pin for the brush disk extends with one end portion into a tubular socket formed in the housing, a... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3959849 | Roller assembly for sliding doors A roller assembly for sliding doors having a pair of housings one within the other with a coil spring yieldingly urging the inner housing in a direction away from the outer housing, the inner housing supporting a wheel that extends beyond the housing. Tab... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3959850 | Counter-rotating fowl picker A fowl picking machine having counter-rotating picking drums on which are mounted elongated, flexible picking fingers. Alternating drums are rotated in opposite directions with the drums which rotate downwardly including a greater number of picking finger... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3959851 | Cotton ginning apparatus A cotton ginning apparatus having a rotating ginning saw drum for engaging and holding the fibers of the seed cotton. A cylinder-like serrated kicker device extends across the path of the seed cotton being admitted for directing the seed cotton onto the g... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3959852 | Fastener for fence construction A one-piece spring fastener is provided for mounting fencing wire or the like to a channel shaped support. In one embodiment the wire is mounted generally perpendicularly to the support and is free to move along its axis relative to the support. The faste... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3959853 | Fastening peg and method of making same This fastening device comprises a central internal plug formed with retaining notches and engageable in an external peg consisting of separate legs formed with internal and external notches and connected to the inner end of said plug by means of flexible ... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3959854 | Table skirt mounting A spring clip arrangement for securing a table skirt to a table in which the clip is formed of spring metal with top and bottom resilient clamp fingers for engaging therebetween the margin of the table, which fingers extend from the top and bottom of a ve... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3959855 | Shoulder strap bracket A restraint system for an automotive vehicle or the like includes a seat belt and a shoulder strap. The shoulder strap has one end anchored to a retractor mounted on the vehicle body and the other end to a buckle. An intermediate portion of the shoulder s... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3959856 | Interlocking separable fastener A separable fastener especially suitable for heavy duty sheet-like enclosures comprises complementary, resilient hooked rib and groove closure strips having angular hinged flange connections for attachment to generally coplanar enclosure sheet margins cap... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3959857 | Quick opening device for a slide fastener A slide fastener installation is disclosed as including conventional slide fastener components such as interlocking elements which are engaged and disengaged by a movable slider element permitting the slide fastener intallation to be actuated between clos... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3959858 | Bridge top stop for slide fasteners A bridge top end stop for slide fasteners which comprises a body mounted astride the stringer tapes and having its rear end wall offset complementarily in shape to a front end face of the slider. There are provided a pair of spaced-apart tongues formed in... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3959859 | Casket cap brace A brace for rigidly locking a casket cap in its open position to positively preclude movement of the cap about its pivotal connection with the casket body in either direction. The brace includes an elongated member pivotally mounted in a support bracket c... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3959860 | Method of making non-shorting photoflash lamp A method of making beaded lead-in wires for a photoflash lamp comprising the steps of forming and sealing a glass bead around a pair of lead-in wires, positioning a surface of the bead against a die having openings through which the wires extend, and movi... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3959861 | Clamping arrangement for a cutting tool A clamping arrangement for securing a cutting bit insert in a tool holder. The bit is held by an elongated lever like clamp that pivots on one end and is urged down against the bit by a retaining screw, the bit and clamp are accomodated within an inwardly... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3959862 | Rotary cutting tool The invention related to rotary cutting tools for working articles and materials. The disclosed tool has cutting members having their portions adjoining the secured ends of the members received in a sleeve, the free ends of these members being bent radial... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3959863 | Manufacture of agricultural discs In order to overcome the limitations on availability of suitable steel strip or bars in widths to suit all diameters of agricultural discs, a method of manufacturing such discs comprises cutting blanks from rolled steel strip or bar having a thickness gre... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3959864 | Method for producing an ejector device Method for producing an ejector device including forming a profile rail, drilling holes in the rail to receive ejector nozzles therein and inserting the nozzles in the holes, closing the ends of the rail with end walls, and severing a desired length of th... | 06/01/1976 |
