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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 3997920 | Dress shield A dress shield consisting of two pieces of composite material each generally of crescent shape having a concave inner edge and a convex outer edge, each piece being cut from a laminated material consisting of a central waterproof barrier layer of a flexib... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3997921 | Baby garment For controlling a child, a baby garment such as a shirt, blouse or jacket is disclosed having a handle incorporated on its upper back preferably on the back of the collar below the downturned collar portion in cases where the garment has a collar. The han... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3997922 | Glove A glove for cross-country skiing. The glove flexes as the skier clenches his fist to grasp his ski pole. The glove is neither stretched nor is the hand of the skier within the glove subjected to tension. The invention accomplishes this result by cuts exte... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3997923 | Heart valve prosthesis and suturing assembly and method of implanting a heart valve prosthesis in a heart A heart valve prosthesis removably mounted on a suturing assembly. The suturing assembly has an annular sleeve carrying a fabric collar. Sutures secure the collar to heart tissue. The heart valve has a base that is removably mounted on the annular sleeve.... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3997924 | Swimming pool with auxiliary fracturable floor for breaking fall of diver in unduly rapid descent This invention concerns itself with a swimming pool bottom or floor and an auxiliary floor suprajacent to at least a portion of said bottom or floor wherein the auxiliary floor comprises rigid polymeric foam having a density less than that of water, said ... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3997925 | Apparatus to control the water level in a swimming pool Apparatus to maintain the desired water level in a swimming pool includes a stilling chamber receiving pool water from an equalizer pipe connected to the pool essentially below the desired water level. The stilling chamber is located externally of the swi... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3997926 | Bed with automatic tilting occupant support A bed including an open supportive framework pivotably mounting an occupant support platform for movement between a horizontal and an upright position. The bed includes a drive mechanism and associated motor with controls to enable selective movement of t... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3997927 | Sunbathing mat assembly A mat of soft compressible foam material is adapted to be laid on the ground on a slight slope. Running along the upper edge of the mat is a perforated conduit connected to a garden hose having a sufficient length lying in a hot sunny spot so that the wat... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3997928 | Method for the treatment of textile, fleece and similar webs An improved method for the treatment of a web material such as a textile, fleece or similar web which is continuously moving and is patterned by means of printing, dyeing or the like and the pattern fixed with remaining patterning and treating agents wash... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3997929 | Carrier sleeve In a method of dyeing or bleaching shrinking yarns positioned in the form of cheeses or cross/wound packages on a fiber package by contacting said yarns with a dyeing or bleaching liquor while the same are maintained on said fiber package, the improvement... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3997930 | Retrieving device A Retrieving Device attached to an object which when lost in water will permit the object to be located by releasing an object from the device which will float onwater.... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3997931 | Pad box for accommodating different shoe bottoms A pad box for cement attaching soles to differently shaped shoe bottoms comprises a forepart pad tiltably and vertically adjustable, a datum pad for supporting a shoe adjacent to its heel breast line, independent movable waist pads adjustable heightwise o... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3997932 | Dockboard having improved lip lifting mechanism A dockboard having an improved lip lifting mechanism. The dockboard includes a ramp hinged at its rear edge to a loading dock, and the ramp is adapted to be moved from a generally horizontal cross traffic position to an upwardly inclined position by a cou... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3997933 | Device for clearing trays of collectivity restaurants before washing them A device for cleaning the trays of collectivity restaurants and the like before washing them comprises a two-section endless conveyor forming a gap therebetween, and, disposed in this gap, an endless chain conveyor comprising lugs for driving the trays de... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3997934 | Dirt runner and support therefor A dirt runner, such as those used on street sweeping machines and the like, and a flexible support for the dirt runner to be attached to a housing portion. Flexible supports such as elongate strips of elastomeric material are fastened along the upper port... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3997935 | Windshield wiper blade treatment Windshield wiper blades which have been previously treated with a halogen are subjected to treatment with a solution selected from the group of those having a pH above about 12 and those having a pH between 7 and 12 and a cation concentration of at least ... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3997936 | Vacuum cleaning apparatus Apparatus for removing waste, lint, dust, dirt and other accumulations of solid matter from the underside of machinery, especially textile machinery such as carding machines while the latter is in operation or not, comprising a frame designed to be instal... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3997937 | Carpet tack strip anchoring means and installation tool The disclosure relates to a carpet tack strip anchoring means and installation tool and particularly for use in anchoring tack strips relative to wall structures in areas where it is virtually impossible to anchor tack strips to concrete floors due to the... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3997938 | Dual wheel caster assembly A caster has a horn of semi-circular configuration about an axle receiving apertured boss, a web extending radially outwardly from the boss to a semi-cylindrical flange and a pair of wheels, one on each side of the horn, the tread of the wheels being flus... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3997939 | Truck body hinge A structure comprising two interlocking hollow semi-cylindrical elements, one of which is larger than and encloses the other, and formed respectively by stamping operations from the material of contiguous edge portions of two sheet metal plates, which str... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3997940 | Double-rail animal securing assembly A set of two parallel rails is used to hold animals being slaughtered. The animal's four legs straddle the two rails and the body rests on the rails. A back retraining device is provided to hold the rump and back securely on the rails. A device is also pr... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3997941 | Filling machine for stuffing of plastically deformable masses The invention relates to a filling machine for stuffing of a plastically deformable mass such as baked sausage material using a filling pump which, per a unit angular displacement conveys equal amount of filling masses and is coupled to common drive shaft... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3997942 | Batt forming and feeding apparatus Apparatus for the formation and feeding of a cotton batt including a cotton retention chamber in which a first conveyor conveys cotton in a generally lateral direction toward a batt exit opening in a chamber and a second conveyor of the endless belt type ... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3997943 | Bag closure clip A bag closure clip fabricated from an elongated double ply plastic strap, one end of which serves as a loop hanger, the closure being in the form of a noose made by passing the looped end of the strap through an aperture in the opposite strap end. The cli... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3997944 | Drapery hook for maintaining a drapery heading in upright position A support hook for draperies is provided to maintain the heading of the drapery upright. The hook is made from an integral length of wire and comprises a vertical pin portion which engages the upper hem of the drapery, a clamp portion for holding the pin ... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3997945 | Apparatus for exerting a compressive force including friction gripping device therefore The illustrated embodiment discloses a compressive force application device, which might be used on a gate to prevent sagging thereof, including a plate having eyelets therein through which the tensioning cord or cable may be threaded so that it adjoins i... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3997946 | Method for conveying patterned pile fabrics A method of conveying pile fabrics, wherein portions of the fabric are selectively presented to the processing equipment in order to process the various portions differently. In carrying out the processing, the fabric is conveyed along a path adjacent to ... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3997947 | Method and apparatus for pile fabric finishing with a plurality of electrifier cylinders A plurality of electrifier cylinders are arranged in tandem along the conveyance path of a synthetic pile fabric. Each cylinder is provided with surface grooves in opposite directions in order to introduce a bias of different directions to the individual ... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3997948 | Modular pet burial casket This invention comprises a modular pet casket comprising one or more modular units which can be locked into position to provide a predetermined longitudinally extended casket for enclosing small, medium or large deceased pets.... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3997949 | Caskets and vaults for use in side-by-side burials Burial vaults are dimensioned to accommodate two caskets side-by-side and both the chambers and the covers therefor include lengthwise sections. The side walls of the caskets are provided with normally closed windows and their handles are of types enablin... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3997950 | Method of treating large diameter yarns to provide bulking dyed and/or mottled effects in fabric The method of treating large diameter yarns by leasing a plurality of large diameter filling yarns into a woven fabric form of a type where the warp yarns are relatively small, and in which the filling yarn may be easily unwoven, treating the filling yarn... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3997951 | Cutting tools This invention is the method and apparatus for locking an indexable replaceable cutting tool insert into a cutting tool holder using a tilting pin type device consisting of a pivotally recessed pin with a resilient member and set screw which lock the inse... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3997952 | Roll for a rolling mill A sag-compensating roll comprises a roll shell rotatable about a support beam with hydrostatic support means therebetween. The ends of the beam are supported in casings at each end of the roll. End sections of the roll shell are rotatably mounted in pivot... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3997953 | Temperature-controlled roll for a rolling mill A roll for rolling mill, preferably a sag-compensating roll having hydrostatic support piston means, is provided with one or more heat-control devices each comprising a piston mounted in a chamber supported by the support beam of the roll and provided wit... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3997954 | Low friction bearing prepared by winding onto a mandrel In a method of preparing a low friction bearing having an inner bearing member, a housing and a low friction surface element therebetween, wherein the housing having an inner surface is constructed to surround the bearing member and said housing is compri... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3997955 | Apparatus for terminating a plurality of insulated conductors in respective insulation-piercing contacts of an electrical connector A plurality of insulated conductors, for example in the form of a cable, are terminated in respective insulation-piercing portions of contacts which are disposed in separate aligned spaced channels of an electrical connector through the utilizaton of appa... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3997956 | Wire insertion apparatus A tool having a ram with an advantageously formed insertion end portion is employed to force a wire laterally into a terminal of a connector. The wire is properly positioned with respect to the ram by means of guides included in the tool. The tool, with t... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3997957 | Device for replacing packings of flange joints A device for replacing the packings of flange joints with new ones which comprises: a supporting body consisting of a sleeve and a pair of supporting bars attached to said sleeve; a movable member movably attached to said sleeve; a wedge member fixed to t... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3997958 | Speedometer cable housing release and removal tool An improved speedometer cable housing release and removal tool for disconnecting a speedometer cable housing from the speedometer head of an automobile or the like. The tool has an elongated curved body portion or handle with a linear portion at one end o... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3997959 | Apparatus for releasing tilt-up panel hoisting Tilt-up building wall panels are fitted with inserts which are cast into the panel. The inserts have threaded openings into which a collapsible split bolt is inserted. The bolt is spread apart with a longitudinally inserted wedge to secure its exterior th... | 12/21/1976 |
