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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 3990112 | Protective garment A protective garment for use with a body exhaust helmet has a hood adapted to cover the head of a wearer and the hood is provided with a fenestration in the vicinity of the eyes of the wearer. A transparent plastic sheet is secured around the periphery of... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3990113 | Fastening means for a crash helmet A fastening assembly for crash helmets is disclosed. The assembly is characterized in that the locking elements comprise a locking pin which is spring biased and slidable between two shoulders in a male member. The locking pin is approximately an I-shaped... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3990114 | Garment and method of manufacture Disclosed herein is a garment such as a coat or jacket having a unique shoulder and arm construction and a method for manufacturing such a garment. The body of the coat is provided with armholes positioned and formed so as to expose an elongated perimeter... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3990115 | Roll top cuffless sock and method of forming same A cuffless sock is provided which has a permanently rolled top portion adapted to encircle the lower ankle area of the wearer and which is knitted in such a way that the rolled top portion has an inherent tendency to roll upon itself. The rolled top porti... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3990116 | Pretensioned prosthetic device for skeletal joints An improved pretensioned prosthetic device is disclosed which incorporates pretensioned or biased spring means to provide a skeletal joint such as a finger or knee joint with a controlled flex and reflex action.... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3990117 | Elbow joint prosthesis An implantable prosthetic joint, particularly suitable for use as an elbow joint, comprising a first component and a second component, each of which includes a stem implantable in bone. The first component has a head portion whose end is essentially spher... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3990118 | Joint prosthesis An implantable prosthetic joint comprising a first member and a second member, both of which include a stem portion implantable in bone. The first member has a neck portion and a protuberant head portion attached to the neck portion. The second member has... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3990119 | Scrotum sac A scrotum sac adapted to be removably mounted on a bed pan and the like. The sac includes a central support cup adapted to receive and protect the scrotum and male organs therein. A fastener structure extends from the cup and is adapted for removably moun... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3990120 | Safety ring for bathers A body-encircling safety ring is supported from at least one side wall of a shower bath installation so as to allow a person showering free use of both hands while preventing a fall in any direction. The preferred support for the safety ring is a horizont... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3990121 | Box spring assembly A generally rectangular box spring assembly of the disclosure includes a wire grid supported on a lower frame by center coil springs and by formed wire springs at the edge of the assembly. The formed wire springs provide relatively firm edge support while... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3990122 | Patient lift An adjustable footboard is disclosed in combination with a bed such as a hospital bed for allowing the occupant of the bed to move themselves in the direction of the head of the bed. The apparatus is especially useful in hospital beds, the matteress of wh... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3990123 | Inflatable sonar array A portable submerged structure uses fluid pressure to extend a plurality of lexible conduits until the conduits become rigid. In such a rigid configuration the flexible conduits provide a rigid support which is independent of any further moorings or other ... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3990124 | Replaceable buffing pad assembly A replaceable buffing pad assembly including a hard surfaced, nonresilient, central support disc having first and second surfaces and defining a central opening therethrough. Drive means is disposed at the central opening for receiving a power tool to rot... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3990125 | Mobile sweeper A mobile sweeper having a body and ground-engaging wheels. The body defines a trash compartment which has a bin having a top plate such that trash can be swept into the bin and also thereabove onto the top plate. Sweeping reels are disposed in front of an... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3990126 | Hog head removal apparatus A hog head is removed by suspending the carcass in a head-down position, marking the skin of the carcass around the neck, engaging a hook in the jaw of the carcass and applying force to the hook to rotate the head upwardly, and disengage the atlas joint w... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3990127 | Apparatus for stripping hides from animals The apparatus of the present invention comprises parallel overhead tracks carrying anchoring members for suspending an animal carcass by the hind legs, and inside and outside conveyers travelling in curvilinear guides at different speeds and serving, resp... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3990128 | Device for processing the entrails of slaughtered poultry A device for processing the intestines of slaughtered poultry, in particular of the gizzards comprising two synchronously driven worm conveyors, engaging each other, the first worm being shorter than the second one, the worms being set with cooperating ra... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3990129 | Multi-cable connector A cable connector is disclosed having the capacity to secure simultaneously a number of cables or wires having different diameters. The connector includes a common male member and a plurality of female members adapted to rotate thereon and means for provi... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3990130 | Airtight slide fastener Two paralleled fastener tapes are provided on their front and back surfaces with engagement pieces to close and open the tapes, as well as a locking device to fix the slider having inversed V shaped arms at one end. On both sides of the slider are provide... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3990131 | Clamping device for use in packaging The invention discloses a three-piece clamping device especially adapted for clamping together an inner packing box and an outer packing box or clamping together the packing boxes. The clamping device comprises a pair of rectangular retaining members simi... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3990132 | Method for hot melt sizing yarn treatment of textile yarns A compact apparatus and method for applying hot-melt size in a properly fluid state to a plurality of textile yarns. The apparatus comprises an internally heated rotating cylinder made of heat-conducting material, with deep grooves formed around it, one g... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3990133 | Multi-station machine tool with pairs of tool-and work-spindles A multi-station machine tool wherein the bed of the frame supports two spaced-apart upright columns and the columns support an indexible shaft for a turret which is disposed between the columns. The turret has several sets of clamping jaws for elongated r... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3990134 | Sheet metal file This invention relates to sheet metal files of the type having a large number of discrete cutting edges projecting from the surface of an elongated strip of thin sheet metal forming the base of the file. In such a file, the depth of the cut by each indivi... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3990135 | Method of mounting a plumbing fixture A method for mounting a toilet bowl on a bathroom floor by attaching a hold-down ring to the floor with a pair of threaded studs projecting through and above appropriate openings in the toilet bowl flange. A nut having a blind hole is mounted on each stud... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3990136 | Method for producing revolving parts There is provided a method for producing revolving parts, such as sprockets, gears and pulleys, for light loads. A metallic annular member formed with notches in its inner periphery is mounted on a bearing. A boss is molded on each side of the annular mem... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3990137 | Parallel action pliers Parallel action pliers for the manipulation of snap rings and the like. The jaws of the pliers carry a pair of parallel pins adapted to engage the snap ring, and the parallel relationship continues as the pins are moved away from or toward one another by ... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3990138 | Device for placing a preformed fitting in a groove A process for placing a preformed fitting in a groove located at the periphery of a bore and a device for use in this process. An obstacle with an external diameter slightly less than the diameter of the bore, is positioned immediately beyond the groove. ... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3990139 | Valve seat puller In one exemplar embodiment, a valve seat puller is disclosed utilizing a plurality of J-shaped hooks mounted for limited pivotal movement on a hook support block. The hook support block and J-shaped hooks are supported by a threaded rod extending through ... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3990140 | Vertical tool changer to adapter holding mechanism An automatic tool changer mechanism for a machine tool in which the tool is supported in an adapter having a tapered spindle-engaging end and an opposite tool-engaging end, and provided with a generally annular-shaped flange, intermediate its ends, having... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3990141 | Methods of making dynamoelectric machine structures Shaft material of a given desired nominal diameter corresponding to a nominal desired shaft extension diameter for a particular motor is selected; shaft blanks are cut; optional operations such as chamfering and washing, grinding, machining of at least on... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3990142 | Circuit board, method of making the circuit board and improved die for making said board Stamping a sheet of conductive foil by means of a die of a predetermined pattern against a dielectric substrate to shear out foil sections and pressing them against the substrate while applying heat through said die to the sheared sections so as to bond t... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3990143 | Method for terminating an electrical wire in an open barrel terminal The invention relates to a terminal and a method for terminating an electrical wire therein. The terminal employs a wire barrel having a asymmetrical pattern of cavities into which the wire is extruded. The method provides optimum electrical contact throu... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3990144 | Suture cutter and removal means An inexpensive suture cutter is shown in which the cutting portion is a sharpened edge of a wire-like member one-eighth inch or less in diameter at the cutting portion. This wire-like cutting portion has a blunt end to prevent accidental penetration of th... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3990145 | Rake and hand shield for hedge trimmers The present structure relates to portable electrically operated hedge trimmers of the type having an elongated blade assembly, including at least one stationary cutter blade and at least one cooperating reciprocating cutter blade supported and guided by t... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3990146 | Plant cutting and lifting device A plant cutting and plant lifting device that includes a shearing blade and a hand actuated cutting and grasping member, thereby eliminating or substantially reducing the bending of the operator's body.... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3990147 | Edge scraping tool A tool for scraping an edge of a flat article, the tool comprising a first flat surface defining a first plane, a second flat surface defining a second plane at right angles to the first plane, and a cutting blade mounted at or near one end of the second ... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3990148 | Device for cutting a fishing line There is disclosed a device for cutting a fishing line by pulling the same sharply against cutting edges on the device. The device also provides a flap including an opening for hooking a fish hook tied to the line thereby preventing flapping of the line w... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3990149 | Adhesive foil for dental prosthesis and a method of manufacturing it An adhesive foil for dental prostheses comprising a compressed fiber mat containing a dry adhesive which swells under the action of the moisture in the mouth, the fibers being interconnected by an adhesive which is not dissolved by the moisture in the mou... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3990150 | Dental prosthesis attachment A dental prosthesis made of two elements. A first fixed slide portion has a profile into which is adapted to be inserted two balls which are connected to the second detachable body portion. One of the balls is rigidly secured to the body portion while the... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3990151 | Adjustable orthodontic band An adjustable metal orthodontic band, including a sleeve-shaped body having folds, pleats or corrugations which permit expansion so that the band may fit teeth of various size.... | 11/09/1976 |
