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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 3969772 | Jumping garment for a parachutist Jumping garment for a parachutist in which means are incorporated for increasing the drag during the free fall. The drag-increasing means comprise openings formed in the wall of the garment in at least one of the sides of the body. The openings are adapte... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3969773 | Prosthetic knee joint for attachment to a natural or prosthetic leg A femur-engaging upper base and a tibia-engaging lower base of a prosthetic knee joint are positively interconnected by an inextensible and incompressible coupling mechanism allowing the two bases to swing vertically between two relative limiting position... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3969774 | Flushing and refilling apparatus A flushing and refilling apparatus for use in a flushing cistern includes flushing and refilling valves, an overflow member and a common support having quick release coupling means for easy mounting and dismounting of said apparatus and said overflow memb... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3969775 | Water closet flushing device The disclosed device provides a normal minimum flush cycle for water closets with the ability to override the short cycle to cause a larger water volume flush cycle. The conventional tank flapper dump valve is modified so as to retain no buoyancy during t... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3969776 | Water lounge Water lounge comprises generally rectangular shaped impervious body portion including bottom wall with front, back and side walls extending upwardly therefrom adapted to hold water. Spaced apart wheels are rotatably secured to body portion near back wall ... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3969777 | Overflow-siphoning device for swimming pools and the like An overflow-siphoning device to control the water level of swimming pools or other like pools of water that have peripherally-disposed coping and decking, said device preventing the water level from rising to the joint between the coping-bond beam and the... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3969778 | Toilet aids A toilet aid is designed for use with a W.C. to assist disabled, elderly and infirm persons using the W.C. The aid is constructed for attachment to the W.C. pan using the normal seat-attachment bolt holes provided in the pan. An arm structure has side sup... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3969779 | Dyeing and printing of materials Process and apparatus for the pattern dyeing of moving pile fabrics such as carpets, by the application of plural, continuously flowing dye streams, wherein the dyes are applied in multiple discrete small increments from the streams and control means are ... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3969780 | Continuous carpet dyeing process A continuous dyeing process for use in dyeing material, such as carpet, a selected one of a number of colors. The process is performed by providing at least two dye applicator means, advancing a length of material to be dyed along a predetermined path adj... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3969781 | Mooring and cargo transfer system for difficult handling cargo A mooring and cargo handling system for difficult-to-handle cargo such as liquified natural gas (LNG), is provided, which includes a swivel unit mounted on a mooring station and having rotatably connected sections respectfully coupled to a shore installat... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3969782 | Two brush vehicle coordinated automatic washer A unitary frame of an automatic vehicle wash mounts a first and second brush in the path of an advancing vehicle for one brush to scrub the front and one side of the vehicle and the other brush the other side and rear. The frame defines the support and di... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3969783 | Combination windshield washer/wiper A combination windshield washer and wiper blade used in combination with a pump and reservoir is disclosed. The blade has a hollow center portion with openings leading therefrom to allow flow of fluid therethrough. The hollow central portion is connected ... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3969784 | Pression sector windscreen-wiper blade for motor vehicles The invention pertains to a windscreen-wiper blade of the type constituted by a large bridge on each end of which is articulated a bar or small bridge to hold a squeegee, wherein the contact between said bar and said squeegee occurs in a plurality of pres... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3969785 | Residual toner removing apparatus A residual toner removing apparatus which generally comprises four sections communicating with one another, i.e., a cleaner section including a cleaner brush rotatably provided in a housing which has an opening adjacent to a photoreceptor surface, and a d... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3969786 | Wall bumper A bumper adapted for mounting on a wall and contacting a door or doorknob to stop the swing of the door towards the wall which is comprised of a resilient bumper which protrudes through an aperture in an annular retaining housing. The bumper has an enlarg... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3969787 | Hinge device A hinge device including a hinge arm which embraces an intermediate part lockable on a mounting plate, the intermediate part having hook members or catches which rest in the mounting plate, and a counteracting clamping screw and adjustment means for the h... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3969788 | Door lock hinge First and second plates are hinged together and designed such that the first plate can be secured to the inside frame or jamb of a door opening and the second plate swung from a position coplanar with the first plate to a right angle position to overlie t... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3969789 | Door hold-open mechanism A door hold-open mechanism including a door hinge member and a body bracket member pivotally interconnected by a hinge pin, a hinge sector secured to the hinge member and having at least four door stop detent slots or pockets formed therein, a directional... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3969790 | Poultry processing equipment Apparatus for treating slaughtered poultry comprising a plucking device with a plurality of plucking discs arranged on either side of the path of the poultry, provided with plucking fingers directed towards the path of the poultry, further comprising outf... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3969791 | Button and retainer A neck button is provided with a retainer in a manner so that the force applied by tightening a necktie causes a curved portion of the retainer to pivot upwardly and retain the necktie knot in an angled disposition. The retainer projects forwardly of the ... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3969792 | Buckle for strapping parcel or the like with tape A buckle for fastening a tape around a package, comprising in combination a rectangular frame portion with four sides defining a plane, a flat leg portion also defining a plane and a flexible connecting portion connected to said leg portion and to one of ... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3969793 | Spring construction An attachment clip and assembly for attaching the end of a sinuous spring band to a wood furniture frame rail without the need for any nails or staples whatever and without any hammering or driving to engage the anchoring tangs. The clip has an anchor leg... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3969794 | Concealed zipper fastener A slider locking or retaining means is provided on a concealed type of zipper fastener at a top end thereof for engagement with an element-guide channel defined between a guide post and an inner side wall of the slider. The inner side wall extends substan... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3969795 | Safety belt buckle A safety belt buckle is provided with a laminated housing formed of top, center and bottom plates. The top and bottom plates have an opening in the central portion thereof. The center plate has an opening extending from an edge of the plate into the cente... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3969796 | Releasable fastening arrangement for a radio housing and a battery housing A reliable but releaseable arrangement for fastening a radio housing and a battery housing together is provided by a tongue and groove respectively positioned at one end of the housings, and by a hasp and catch respectively positioned at a second end of t... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3969797 | Apparatus for regulating the shearing of pile fabric A machine for shearing the pile of napped cloth includes a shearing bar and a shearing blade spaced by a variable gap from the bar. A control arrangement in accordance with the invention includes a sensing device for sensing the thickness of the base port... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3969798 | Blanks for coffins A blank for a coffin or for a top or bottom part of a coffin, comprising a plurality of largely flat sections limited by essentially straight lines, which sections can be folded in relation to each other along interlying borderlines and joined together to... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3969799 | Turbulence generator for yarn texturing air jet This turbulence generator is particularly for use with a yarn texturing air jet of the type having a venturi supported in the exit end of the jet with a yarn guiding needle positioned in the entrance end of the jet and with the space between the venturi a... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3969800 | Stretching device for filaments or strands A mechanism for producing plastic filaments including a means such as an extruder for supplying continuous plastic filaments, drawing the filaments over an arcuate nonfriction surface of a heated heat transfer plate in heat transfer engagement therewith w... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3969801 | Flexure compensating roll A flexure compensating roll includes a stationary core, a hollow cylindrical roll shell rotatably mounted about the core, hydraulically actuated pistons received in radial bores of the core for support of the roll shell against a mating roll, and a rotary... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3969802 | Mill roll According to the invention, a mill roll of the type generally used for the grinding and juice extraction of sugar cane and the like has a plurality of peripheral grooves formed circumferentially therein with a number of holes extending radially from the b... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3969803 | Method of manufacturing spherical bearing A method of manufacturing a spherical bearing having an outer cylindrical member, an intermediate yieldable plastic member enclosed and supported thereby, said intermediate member having a concave inner surface and a spherical ball in bearing relationship... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3969804 | Bearing housing assembly method for high speed rotating shafts A bearing housing for high speed rotating shafts wherein the bearing housing is constructed in two parts with the bearing being of the semi-floating type. One part of the bearing housing presses against the bearing to resist any axial thrust that may be e... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3969805 | Method of constructing an axial flow fan A vane axial flow fan is shown having a shroud construction which provides greater than normal rigidity in the areas co-extensive with the stator vanes and fan wheel blades. Further, a novel method of constructing an axial flow fan is disclosed wherein th... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3969806 | Apparatus and method for crimping terminals Apparatus and method for crimping electrical terminals in strip form wherein a head operates in a down stroke to move a crimping die toward an anvil to crimp a terminal to a conductor, to shear off the terminal and to move a cam against a cam roller on a ... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3969807 | Core wire-connecting device A core wire-connecting device has a reciprocative housing; a rotor rotatably mounted therein and having a plurality of front receptacles and the same number of rear receptacles formed in mutual alignment in the peripheral surface of the rotor equidistantl... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3969808 | Fastener installation head A fastener installation head having a reciprocating plunger receiving fasteners through a transverse fastener passage from a feed means. The feed means comprising a drive link pivotally connected to a stationary housing component, a guide means translatin... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3969809 | Self-fastening nut, panel assembly and apparatus The disclosed self-fastening nut includes a rectangular flat end face which is received against the panel, a smooth cylindrical central bore perpendicular to the end face and a pair of linear grooves equally spaced from the bore and dividing the end face ... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3969810 | Method for tightening a bolt to exert a predetermined tension force by monitoring bolt elongation while the bolt is being installed Method and apparatus for tightening a bolt or a machine screw to exert a predetermined tension force by monitoring bolt elongation while the bolt is being installed. The apparatus of the present invention includes a drive means adapted to engage the head ... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3969811 | Method for applying designs to pierceable materials An apparatus and method are disclosed for applying designs to pierceable materials, such as fabrics, paper goods, leather, etc., from a continuous supply strip containing intermittent design portions equally spaced along the length of the supply strip. Th... | 07/20/1976 |
