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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4000520 | Headgear support system Described is an improved headgear support of the internal suspension system type for supporting the head in spaced relation within a rigid headpiece. The improvement comprises an elongated nape strap disposed adjacent the rear portion of the headpiece for... | 01/04/1977 |
| 4000521 | Disposable garment and method A sterile disposable garment comprising, a gown having a back, a front, and a pair of side margins adjacent side edges of the gown. The gown has strap means extending from the gown adjacent one of the side margins and defining an opening to receive the we... | 01/04/1977 |
| 4000522 | Shirt collar strap A front-opening shirt with attached, turn-down collar is adapted for wearing either closed-collar style as with a necktie, or in a casual, open-collar style in which no button, button hole, or other fastener is visible on the free ends of the neck band, t... | 01/04/1977 |
| 4000523 | Necktie and knot article A snap engaging necktie knot piece that includes engaging means such as "Velcro" thereon to engage the necktie.... | 01/04/1977 |
| 4000524 | Articulated glove construction A glove construction patterned to be conformal to the articulated movements of the human hand where a plurality of individual parts are designed and constructed to accommodate controlled extension and compression of the outer cover with respect to finger,... | 01/04/1977 |
| 4000525 | Ceramic prosthetic implant suitable for a knee joint plateau A ceramic prosthesis of high aluminum oxide suitable for the tibial plateau of a knee joint with the superior (upper) portion of the prosthesis being of a high density AL2 O3 having a very low porosity and the inferior (lower) portio... | 01/04/1977 |
| 4000526 | Toilet flushing apparatus Toilet flushing apparatus for use in a toilet assembly having a drain valve seat, includes a flush valve assembly for enabling a partial flushing operation to occur for conserving the use of water. The flushing valve assembly includes a floating flapper v... | 01/04/1977 |
| 4000527 | Swimming pool cover floating support A swimming pool cover support frame comprising a plurality of elongated floating elements such as inflated tube sections which are fastened together pivotally and removably at their juxtaposed ends, and which are removably attached to the pool edge at the... | 01/04/1977 |
| 4000528 | Whirlpool tub and method of making same A whirlpool tub for relaxation or hydrotherapeutic use characterized by a synthetic resinous shell having a plurality of spaced apart apertures in the bottom wall in communication with an air distribution channel formed in the rigidifying backing board co... | 01/04/1977 |
| 4000529 | Reclining chair A seat construction including a main frame having front and rear portions is provided together with a first seat section overlying the frame, a second back rest section projecting upwardly from the rear of said frame and a third leg rest section depending... | 01/04/1977 |
| 4000530 | Invalid handling device Invalid handling apparatus for lifting patients from one place to another which includes an elongated frame unit supported on four quadrangularly positioned legs with casters. The unit is rolled to a position over the invalid patient and is provided with ... | 01/04/1977 |
| 4000531 | Box spring assembly and grid A rectangular box spring assembly of the disclosure includes a grid of crossing wires whose lateral edges have an improved construction in combination with formed wire springs that support the edges of the grid on lateral side members of a lower frame. Ea... | 01/04/1977 |
| 4000532 | Fending device for oil containment boom A fending device for oil containment booms. A floating, open structure with vertical fenders extending above and below the waterline breasts oil boom away from vessels and other structures.... | 01/04/1977 |
| 4000533 | Anchoring device for buoyant life saving equipment A life saving device for vessels which provides anchorage for buoyant equipment such as life rafts or life boats, in the form of a buoy releasably carried by a vessel in a manner so as to float free if the vessel sinks, while remaining attached to the ves... | 01/04/1977 |
| 4000534 | Buoyancy compensator A buoyancy compensator having a combined capability. The combination is in part provided by a pressure relief valve having a spring loaded valve plate for closing off the interior of the buoyancy compensator. The buoyancy compensator has a hand actuated i... | 01/04/1977 |
| 4000535 | Shoe machine shoe size and side sensing arrangements A shoe sensing mechanism for setting a machine according to the size of a shoe and whether the shoe to be worked on is left or right.... | 01/04/1977 |
| 4000536 | Floor cleaning machine with foam dispensing system A self-propelled machine includes a main housing supported on front and rear drive rollers and has an operator control handle extending from the rear. Front and rear elongated working brushes are driven in orbital movement in horizontal planes, with the f... | 01/04/1977 |
| 4000537 | Paint roller device having juxta-posed rollers A pair of juxta-posed rotatably mounted adjustable width rollers including a lead roller and a drip-catching follower roller to the axles of which a handle is pivotally attached for actuating the pair of rollers from a multiplicity of handle positions to ... | 01/04/1977 |
| 4000538 | Cleaning device A cleaning device for scrubbing a floor surface including a rotatable cleaning disc. A circular ring surrounds the disc and terminates downwardly in spaced, flexible skirts which contact the floor surface. A flexible arm mounts the ring to permit vertical... | 01/04/1977 |
| 4000539 | Hollow knob A hollow knob is provided for use on control shafts and the like. The knob comprises two hollow sections of plastic material and a metal insert threaded for receipt of a control rod or the like. The two hollow knob sections are provided with reinforcing r... | 01/04/1977 |
| 4000540 | Spring loaded, adjustable walking door hinge Two door pivot units are provided for causing radially outward or walking door motion when the door undergoes angular opening motion. In a first pivot unit, a cam follower is pushed with increasing force against a cam as the door opens by an adjustable bi... | 01/04/1977 |
| 4000541 | Installation for metering textile fibers An installation is disclosed for continuously and automatically performing the admixture of textile fibers of different natures prior to spinning. The fibers are taken from bales of different fibers continually, the metering of fibers of each individual k... | 01/04/1977 |
| 4000542 | Device for adjusting the length of a watchband A three-element device for adjusting the length of a watchband having a main link larger than other length-adjusting links of the device and the watchband which is connected to two foldable-elements of the device foldable over one another to define a clos... | 01/04/1977 |
| 4000543 | Monitor actuating device and reusable fastener therefor A monitor actuating device and a releasable, reusable fastener therefor is provided. The monitor actuating device is designed for attachment to a monitored article and for release therefrom only by the use of a specially designed tool. The actuating devic... | 01/04/1977 |
| 4000544 | Clasp A clasp assembly for various items of clothing, particularly brassieres, including at least two clasp members being attachable to the ends of the clothing items to be connected by the joint of said clasp members which can be connected together in articula... | 01/04/1977 |
| 4000545 | Slide fastener with emergency opening means A slide fastener capable of being forced open in an emergency without manipulating a slider along interlocking rows of scoops. The slide fastener comprises an emergency opening zone at its intermediate point where the rows of scoops are incapable of inter... | 01/04/1977 |
| 4000546 | Slider for concealed slide fasteners A slider for use with a pair of concealed fastener stringers in which rows of scoops are stitched to respective folds formed rearwardly along the opposed longitudinal edges of stringer tapes, in such a manner that each tape fold has a loose outermost edge... | 01/04/1977 |
| 4000547 | Snap fastener A two-part snap fastener comprising a socket assembly and a stud assembly adapted for releasable engagement with one another. The socket assembly includes a decorative cap, a spacer member, an eyelet, and a rigid washer, with the eyelet being coupled to t... | 01/04/1977 |
| 4000548 | Separable fastener with pin latch A safety buckle and tongue in combination wherein pressure on the tongue release push button is employed at a mechanical advantage, hence the buckle is unlatched with a minimum of effort even under conditions of stress. A ferrule provides a continuous lin... | 01/04/1977 |
| 4000549 | Stabilizer A stabilizer is disclosed that can be mounted on the outside of the drill string. It includes a tubular body having a bore to receive the drill string to allow the body to be moved over the drill string to the desired location. A portion of the bore has a... | 01/04/1977 |
| 4000550 | Apparatus for cutting knots and slubs out of continuous yarn lengths Apparatus is disclosed which is useful for severing a continuous length of yarn or monofilament containing knots or slubs, to prevent their takeup into yarn or monofilament processing machinery. The apparatus is advantageous in that it is of simple constr... | 01/04/1977 |
| 4000551 | Production of bulky yarns A method of producing a bulky continuous filament yarn which includes the steps of feeding primary and secondary continuous multi-filament polymeric yarns into a treatment zone, with one of the yarns being pre-treated by the application of water so that s... | 01/04/1977 |
| 4000552 | Hydraulic hose skiving machine A machine for preparing hydraulic or any other type of hose to receive metallic couplings. Hose in desired inches or feet of length cut from a longer supply may be skived on an end to prepare the hose to receive a coupling crimped on to the hose. The exte... | 01/04/1977 |
| 4000553 | Roller or roll assembly A continuous casting plant has rollers or rolls for supporting, guiding, bending and straightening or deforming a wide strand, which rollers or rolls have annular recesses distributed over their longitudinal extensions forming bearing pins that are receiv... | 01/04/1977 |
| 4000554 | Screw removing apparatus for vertical extruders Screw removing apparatus for vertical extruders wherein the screw is removable through the bottom of the extruder barrel, the apparatus including an adaptor for attaching to the upper end of the screw, a winch for fastening to the adaptor and which includ... | 01/04/1977 |
| 4000555 | Process for producing straw-bottomed chairs A process for producing straw-bottomed chairs, wherein the fabric intended for making the seat thereof is woven by imitating a straw-bottom of chair, and the element thus woven is tensioned onto a framework or a plate corresponding to the shape of the sea... | 01/04/1977 |
| 4000556 | Method and apparatus for pulling tubes Apparatus for hydraulically extracting tubes from the tube sheets in condensers, heat exchangers and the like. The apparatus engages the interior wall of the tube being extracted with two complementary grabbing members. By relative translational motion, t... | 01/04/1977 |
| 4000557 | Method and apparatus for securing swage sleeves upon a wire rope splice Method and apparatus for securing swage sleeves upon a wire rope having a sling spliced thereon. The apparatus includes semi-automatic mechanisms for insuring the full and efficient fastening of the swage sleeve upon the splice in preparation for swaging,... | 01/04/1977 |
| 4000558 | Process of fabricating wiring harness A wiring harness in the form of a sandwich of insulating sheets is formed by automatic means. The sheets are held together by adhesive and enclose an inner layer of conductors. Openings through the walls of the insulating sheets provide access to the cond... | 01/04/1977 |
| 4000559 | Combined bearing The combination of an axially loaded rolling bearing with an hydrostatic thrust bearing in a tandem arrangement. The hydrostatic thrust bearing bears against a housing by means of a piston action, and externally produced hydrostatic fluid is conducted fro... | 01/04/1977 |
