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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4016604 | Sterile back surgical gown with anchored belt pouch A sterile back surgical gown has a back closure panel that is initially folded in an open position and that is unfolded to a closed position where it overlaps the back of the gown. A back belt at the free end of the closure panel is stored in a pocket and... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4016605 | Belt assembly A belt assembly featuring relatively small pieces of material, such as animal skins, comprising a plurality of octagonally shaped pieces attached to a backing strip end-to-end to form a first layer thereon, a second layer attached to said assembly over sa... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4016606 | Knee joint prosthesis A knee joint prosthesis comprises a tibial component adapted to be received on the upper end of the tibia, a tibial insert having a generally planar table portion and a spheroidal center depression carried by the tibial component and a femoral component a... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4016607 | Artificial hand An artificial hand for a person whose hand stump includes the metacarpus or a portion thereof characterized in the provision of stump and forearm gripping portions which are pivotally connected together on opposite sides of the wrist for up and down pivot... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4016608 | Snap fasteners for drop-in assemblies Shaped springs are fitted to a flange of a modular package such as a sink-disposer unit inserted through an aperture in a surface. One camming surface moves each spring out of the way during insertion of the package into the aperture and a second camming ... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4016609 | Flush operated sanitary facility There are means in the sanitary facility defining a receiving bowl for liquid and/or solid excrement, and the bowl has a discharge valve in the bottom portion thereof. Also, there are means for controlling flow through the valve, including a pivotally mou... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4016610 | Combination bed and desk A horizontal bed has a vertical headboard attached to its front. The headboard forms the back of a deck that is attached to the bed. The deck has a horizontal writing platform that can be slid back and forward with respect to the headboard and can be lock... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4016611 | Sofa bed and mechanism therefor A sofa bed and sofa bed mechanism are disclosed wherein a three-piece support is employed for the sleeping cushioning element which retracts to a conventional sofa configuration and expands easily to provide a bed of conventional sleeping height. The mech... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4016612 | Bed frame for hospital-type bed A bed frame especially suitable for a hospital bed construction. The bed rails are provided by one or more extruded metal channel members connected into a familiar rectangular frame. Extruded metal corner brackets are riveted to the corners of the frame. ... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4016613 | Balanced bumper means for furniture A bumper of a generally U-shaped tubular member whose free ends are pivotally attached to brackets which in turn are secured to the cross rod extending between the front legs of a bed or the like. A balancing spring contact engaging the bracket and the U-... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4016614 | Combined reamer and screwdriver A combination screwdriver and reamer has a blade with edge means for deburring the internal diameter of cut conduit or tubing. An effective tool is provided to serve as a general purpose screwdriver having the added reaming or deburring capacity. The tool... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4016615 | Canoe portaging kit This invention consists of a kit for facilitating the portage of canoes. The kit contains two identical spring loaded telescopic rods which attach spaced and parallel to each other to and between the central bar of the canoe and and any other strut on eit... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4016616 | Diver flotation apparatus Diver flotation apparatus including buoyancy compensation apparatus in the back pack over the diver's back, and including an inflatable portion connected to the diver's air supply through a diver operated valve for filling the inflatable portion to achiev... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4016617 | Electrically operable apparatus for the application of a treating product An electrically driven hand-held apparatus, for applying a treating material, such as wax, to a surface and for subsequently buffing up the surface or working the treating material thereinto, has a central applicator element surrounded by an annular buffi... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4016618 | Golf ball washing machine A golf ball washing machine, comprising a circular golf ball wash chamber at the center of which are rotatably provided a lower brush disc and a central brush cylinder coaxially therewith, the inner peripheral surface of said wash chamber being detachably... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4016619 | Car washing apparatus having slow speed relief Car washing apparatus including a primary arm pivotally supported at one end and extending rearwardly along the path of the car, a secondary arm pivotally supported on the free end of the primary arm and extending across the path of the car, and a rotary ... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4016620 | Pipeline cleaning pig This invention provides a pig adapted for cleaning material from the inner wall of a pipeline and for assisting in the removal of this material from the pipeline. The pig comprises a cylindrical, open cell foam core. An impervious jacket covers the outer ... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4016621 | Device and method for launching and/or retrieving pipeline scrapers A housing structure confines a ball-shaped valve member with a flow passage therethrough. One end of the flow passage serves as a cavity to receive a pipeline scraper in the form of a pig ball and a grid retains the pig ball while permitting fluid flow th... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4016622 | Bath sponge A sponge-like body having an elongated cord extending therethrough, said cord having handle elements at its opposite ends. Stop elements on the cord at opposite ends of the body restrict movement of the body longitudinally of the cord.... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4016623 | Windshield cleaning device for motor vehicles A windshield cleaning device for motor vehicles for use in conjunction with a reciprocable wiper blade, having an essentially trough-shaped receptacle with an inner chamber that is open on at least one side for the accommodation of a water-soluble paste o... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4016624 | Poultry cut-up machine A machine in which eviserated dressed poultry carcasses from which leg shanks have been removed from the legs are mounted upon a conveyor by clamping member thereon which is driven to move each carcass through all separating stations of the machine to seq... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4016625 | Apparatus for sizing and deheading shrimp Apparatus for sizing and deheading shrimp is illustrated wherein an open, elongated trough has a pair of sides which diverge laterally outwardly from adjacent one end of the trough toward the other with a conveyor for moving shrimp along the trough permit... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4016626 | Apparatus for simultaneously texturizing and cutting continuous yarns An apparatus for processing yarn in order to texturize and cut the yarn includes means for using a fluid to direct yarn into a tube which has a rotating spindle therein around which the yarn forms a wad. At least part of the fluid is exhausted from the tu... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4016627 | Needle bar securing means on chain gill machines A removable fixing system for the needle bars on chain gills, for supporting and driving the bars, in which each bar is pivotally connected, by its two ends on two chains, and has, at one of its ends, a bent extension the free end of which is engaged in a... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4016628 | Method and apparatus for forming absorbent articles An absorbent article includes an air-laid fibrous web having a medial portion of a greater basis weight than flanking end and side portions. The fibers forming one surface of the web are adhesively bonded together to provide an abrasion resistant, nonpill... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4016629 | Fiber blending mechanism This invention relates to an apparatus and method for improving the homogeneity of textile fibers which are blended together in a textile drawing machine. Vertical posts are critically aligned with corresponding angled rods which are spaced between a pair... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4016630 | Overload preventing devices in crushers An overload preventing device in crushers of the type having a crushing chamber with a conical crushing surface and a crusher head with a conical crushing surface being eccentrically rotatable about a shaft of the crusher, is of a simple and reliable cons... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4016631 | Apparatus and method for traversing a strand A method of traversing a strand between two spaced rows of strand-restraining elements moving together in the same direction to form a web is carried out by a strand-engaging member that orbits each row to alternately traverse the strand toward one and th... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4016632 | Strand treatment Textile strands are crimped by feeding them with nip rolls into and forwarding them by fluid jets within a laterally confining region terminating in a laterally surrounding fine screen.... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4016633 | Battery plate grid This invention relates to a method of making a storage battery plate grid comprising the steps of casting a series of grids between the continuous cylindrical patterned end surface of a rotating drum and a smooth surfaced co-operating shoe, cropping said ... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4016634 | Indexable insert type cutting toolholders Improvement in indexable insert type cutting toolholder having a steel shank and a pocket in the shank for carrying an indexable insert therein, the insert having a central aperture therein by which it is held in place in the toolholder, the improvement c... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4016635 | Method of manufacturing piston sealing strips of rotary piston machines A method of manufacturing arcuate sealing strips for the pistons of rotary piston machines. The running surface on one face of the strip carries a wear-resistant hard layer.... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4016636 | Compressor construction A compressor construction is shown, in combination with a jet engine, having a drum rotor with axially broached attachment slots therein. Blade sticks, each having an axial root shaped to fit the attachment slots and a platform which extends the length of... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4016637 | Apparatus for aligning pipes A method and apparatus for axially aligning the ends of pipes such as pile casings and the like and for supporting these ends in axially aligned relation while they are welded or otherwise secured together. The apparatus includes an alignment jig which ca... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4016638 | Device for assembling the storage plates and insulating plates of lead-acid batteries A device for positioning the storage plates and insulating plates of lead-acid storage batteries for the assembly of battery cells in such a way that the longitudinally larger insulating plates form a uniform lateral overhang on both sides, the device inc... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4016639 | Apparatus and method for stripping windings from a stator Apparatus for stripping from a dynamoelectric machine stator a plurality of windings thereof with one of a pair of opposite generally annular groupings of end turns severed therefrom. The apparatus has means movable between a mounting position and a displ... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4016640 | Method of fabricating and installing the grip of a hand-held implement A grip for the handle of a hand-held implement that, in as-produced form, is comprised of a thin walled tubular member open at one end and a boot integral with the tubular member that closes its other end. The grip's average internal girth along its longi... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4016641 | Method of adapting a mobile home for an air conditioner The present invention provides an air conditioning system for a mobile home and a method of adapting a mobile home for removably receiving an air conditioning unit. The system includes securing a mounting means to the support structure of the mobile home ... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4016642 | Method of making clutch housing and bearing assembly A method of making a dynamically balanced integral clutch housing and bearing assembly from a flat sheet metal disc by a roller spinning tool. A bearing and the metal disc is mounted on rotating die means between headstock and tailstock die form assemblie... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4016643 | Overlay metallization field effect transistor A high-frequency, high-power FET constructed upon a planar substrate with a repeated pattern of gate, source, and drain connections wherein any two are connected with metallization layers adjacent to and separated from the semiconductor substrate. The thi... | 04/12/1977 |
