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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4005494 | Pocket sock and method of knitting same The present sock includes a pocket which is integrally knit with the leg portion of the sock. The pocket may be positioned down inside of the leg or it may be positioned on the outside of the leg and may be used to hold various articles or it may be used ... | 02/01/1977 |
| 4005495 | Ceramic cap bone prosthesis and method of implantation Endoprosthesis for bone joint, or the like, in the form of a spherical cap having a frusto-conical opening into it; the end of the bone is shaped to matingly fit into the opening into the cap; a thrust plate passes through the bone into the cap opening to... | 02/01/1977 |
| 4005496 | Prosthetic knee joint A prosthetic knee joint having a femoral member and a tibial member each of which is provided with a bearing surface. The bearing surface of the tibial member supports the bearing surface associated with the femoral member such that flexion between the ti... | 02/01/1977 |
| 4005497 | Supporting plate arrangement A supporting or support plate arrangement for adjusting the inclination of at least one part of a repose surface of reclining furniture or the like, comprising two levers forming an articulated lever pair, one of the levers being constituted by a substant... | 02/01/1977 |
| 4005498 | Patient lifting device An inflatable patient lifting device for a hospital patient. The disclosure includes an inflatable pad having a control pocket formed thereon for receiving a hospital attendant's arm. In use the pad is inserted underneath the patient with the control pock... | 02/01/1977 |
| 4005499 | Individualized bed covering A bed covering such as a blanket or sheet is provided with two separately cleanable and washable halves or parts, to be utilized independently and with tie means for removably connecting the parts together to form a complete assembly. Each part has its ow... | 02/01/1977 |
| 4005500 | Finishing of textiles The invention relates to a process of finishing textiles, for example treating them with a dyestuff, in which the textile is driven around a closed circuit. Progress of the textile may be assisted by contact with a driven roller but is at least partially ... | 02/01/1977 |
| 4005501 | Mounting means for the rotatable brush roll of a suction cleaner A mounting means for supporting and positioning the elongated brush roll of a suction cleaner in the suction chamber or nozzle of the cleaner so that the brush roll may be rapidly and easily mounted in or removed from the suction chamber. Guide and bearin... | 02/01/1977 |
| 4005502 | Electric power scrubber An electrically powered hand-held scrubber is disclosed which comprises a scrubbing brush removably attached to a sealed housing having a configuration adapted for a hand grip. Within the housing is a motor, preferably powered by rechargeable nickel cadmi... | 02/01/1977 |
| 4005503 | Windshield wiper blade refill A windshield wiper blade unit for use with a blade holder, or pressure distributing wiper structure, having a detachable blade-carrying yoke portion comprises a backing member consisting of an extruded elastically resilient strip having a longitudinally h... | 02/01/1977 |
| 4005504 | Method for partially peeling shrimp The present disclosure is directed to an improved method and machine for peeling shrimp for the fantail and butterfly shrimp market in which only certain desired segments of the shrimp shell are removed from the raw uncooked shrimp. The method assumes tha... | 02/01/1977 |
| 4005505 | Method of producing a sliver-like fibrous element A method of pneumatically traversing a linear fibrous element during its packaging in a rotated perforated canister as air is withdrawn from the canister through its sidewalls and bottom wall; the air moves downwardly through the package during package fo... | 02/01/1977 |
| 4005506 | Adjustable strap assembly A device for releasably joining two opposed portions of an orthopedic brace, garment, or the like in variably spaced relationship includes a first strap extending from one portion of the garment, and a second strap joined to the other portion. A buckle or... | 02/01/1977 |
| 4005507 | Safety pushpin A safety pushpin comprising a head and a pin extending from the center of said head, said pushpin being contained in a casing comprising an upper shell having at its top a large-diameter hole having an inwardly flanged opening edge and a lower shell havin... | 02/01/1977 |
| 4005508 | Easily released belt fastener An easily released belt fastener can be constructed utilizing an elongated body having an opening extending through the body intermediate the ends of the body. A clamping bar is movably mounted on the body so as to extend across the opening adjacent to an... | 02/01/1977 |
| 4005509 | Jiffy wash line adjuster An item of hardware for installation along a clothes line for taking up line slack, the device comprising a clamp that is made of two crossing levers pivotally connected together at their center and having jaws at one end between which the clothes line is... | 02/01/1977 |
| 4005510 | Plastic clip A plastic clip comprises upper and lower plate members each comprising a base plate having a jaw at the front end thereof and being pivotally connected to the other, a spring for holding the jaws in open position and an operating member for holding the ja... | 02/01/1977 |
| 4005511 | Method and apparatus for casting extrusion dies The specification discloses a method and related apparatus for casting aluminum extrusion die blanks, both cored and uncored, of molten steel. A disc-like carbon or other suitable material mold having spaced side walls joined by a peripheral edge wall is ... | 02/01/1977 |
| 4005512 | Electrophotographic toner removal brush and method of making same A process for treating a pile material which is ultimately to be made into a toner removal brush used in association with electrophotographic printing which comprises treating the pile substrate material with a saturated aqueous solution of a chemical mix... | 02/01/1977 |
| 4005513 | Pinroll with pinstrips A pin roll includes a roll body having wedge grooves therein disposed parallel to the axis of the roll body. Pinstrips are disposed in the wedge grooves, and clamping wedges are disposed in the wedge grooves to hold the pinstrips therein. At least two par... | 02/01/1977 |
| 4005514 | Spherical bearing assembly A spherical bearing assembly having an inner race member and an outer race member, the inner surface of the outer race member being a concave spherical surface, the outer surface of the inner member being a complementary convex spherical surface, the inne... | 02/01/1977 |
| 4005515 | Method of manufacturing a closed channel disk for a gas turbine engine A disk having a closed channel construction and which is especially suited for supporting the rotating blades of a gas turbine engine is disclosed. In one embodiment, the disk supports the fan blades of a turbofan engine which extend radially therefrom. T... | 02/01/1977 |
| 4005516 | Hand tool having double toggle linkage Plier-type hand tool comprises a frame having spaced-apart jaws and a fixed handle extending therefrom. One of the fixed jaws has a ram therein which is reciprocable towards and away from the other jaw. The actuating means for moving the ram comprises a m... | 02/01/1977 |
| 4005517 | Vacuum cleaner hose terminal applicator An apparatus and method for attaching slotted terminals to multiple interspaced helical insulated wires forming the skeleton of a flexible tubular hose is disclosed. Stationary cylindrical severing horns and insertion horns are utilized in conjunction wit... | 02/01/1977 |
| 4005518 | Apparatus for connecting conductors in flat cable to terminals in a connector Apparatus for installing a multi-contact connector on a flat, multi-conductor cable comprises a connector supporting means for supporting the connector in a predetermined position and a cable supporting means in surrounding relationship to the connector s... | 02/01/1977 |
| 4005519 | Apparatus for setting blind rivets An apparatus and method particularly adapted for use in continuously setting blind rivets having elongated mandrels in suitably apertured material. Such apparatus embodies support means, feed means operatively connected to the support means for selectivel... | 02/01/1977 |
| 4005520 | Frame structure fabricating system A system for fabricating frame structures having wood chords and web components connected by toothed plates on opposite sides of each joint, wherein an elongated rectangular bed is provided on which to assemble and connect the components, longitudinal row... | 02/01/1977 |
| 4005521 | Locked-wrap fuel rod A method for spacing fast reactor fuel rods using a wire wrapper improved by orienting the wire-wrapped fuel rods in a unique manner which introduces desirable performance characteristics not attainable by previous wire-wrapped designs. Use of this method... | 02/01/1977 |
| 4005522 | Method of connecting two optical fibres in end to end relationship Two optical fibres are connected in end to end relationship by positioning the fibres in a tubular connecting member, the member having a preformed section which has a number of lobes formed in the tube, the radially inward extremities of the lobes defini... | 02/01/1977 |
| 4005523 | Semiconductor devices A process for the production of p-n junctions which comprises preparing a suitable silicon type-n crystal of 100Ω/cm to several kΩ/cm with the orientation (111), (112) and (110), heating the crystal to a temperature of between 700° C and 800° C, and a... | 02/01/1977 |
| 4005524 | Method of making an antenna connector A method of making an electrical connector especially suitable for coupling an antenna leadin with a printed circuit board in a receiver chassis comprising forming up a tubular sheet metal body from an originally flat blank into tubular form with confront... | 02/01/1977 |
| 4005525 | Retractable cutting implement A retractable cutting implement, such as a utility knife, comprises a sleeve-like handle member having a cavity portion with the handle member being open at the base and at one end through a first longitudinal slot. A carrier member is pivotally mounted t... | 02/01/1977 |
| 4005526 | Vacuum hair cutter A barbering implement for cutting hair off the head, the implement including a tube attached to a vacuum cleaner hose or other vacuum source, the tube having a ring integral with its side for receiving the fingers of a person's hand, and a lever pivotable... | 02/01/1977 |
| 4005527 | Depth gauge A depth gauge includes a number of alternating sections of material which are X-ray transparent and X-ray opaque, respectively. The sections are carried in an elongated cylinder, and are each of a predetermined known length. The depth gauge is insertable ... | 02/01/1977 |
| 4005528 | Measuring device for gauging mechanical pieces in particular pieces including rotation surfaces A measuring device for checking mechanical pieces either while stationary or rotating which includes a first feeler substantially fixed with respect to a support and in alignment with a measuring head having a second feeler and supported by the support, a... | 02/01/1977 |
| 4005529 | Corrugating station assembly guide In a corrugated board machine, the stripper finger relief grooves of an adhesive applicator roll may be quickly meshed with corresponding fingers when the applicator roll is to be returned to operating position by use of a manually manipulated alignment g... | 02/01/1977 |
| 4005530 | Audio-visual training device with selective branching A training device including a slide projector and a magnetic audio reproducing device is disclosed. The projector is provided with a code reader for reading a code on a film for each image frame. The code indicates the address number of the frame and the ... | 02/01/1977 |
| 4005531 | Foot cooler A method of preventing feet from becoming hot and muggy by a process which is practical, comfortable, and beneficial. The method permits the subject to move about outdoors in the hot sun and/or indoors in a non-airconditioned building, during the summer m... | 02/01/1977 |
| 4005532 | Insulated insole construction An insulated insole construction comprising a layer of plastic mesh material shaped such that when inserted in a shoe, it will have a portion extending over the inner sole of the shoe. A portion of the insole may be bent to form a toe cap to encircle the ... | 02/01/1977 |
| 4005533 | Instep crampons This invention broadly relates to instep crampons for footwear and more specifically to improvements on a quick detachable, anti-slipping device which can be readily mounted on a boot or shoe with a novel strapping arrangement providing traction for walki... | 02/01/1977 |
