Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4019207 | Surgical gown belting means An improved gown belting means is described for back-closure gowns, or gowns commonly known as "sterile back" gowns, having one tie attached to the gown at the outer edge of a rear panel with an intermediate segment of the tie retained in a tunnel loop ne... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4019208 | Panty stocking and combination panty hose garment A combination pantyhose garment in which separate seamless panty stockings are worn by the wearer in which each panty stocking is seamless knit of textured yarns and the panty portion is provided with a leg opening and a supporting band having elastomeric... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4019209 | Artificial breast form and method of forming An artificial breast form to be worn externally on the body of a woman, not implanted in the body, constructed from preformed, self-contained, stable gel structure of breast compatible size and shape and covered with a porous elastic fabric cover which do... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4019210 | Water-inflated portable spa A portable spa in which a confining outer wall rests on the ground or other flat surface. A water impervious liner is suspended from the top of the wall and forms a barrier for holding water. The liner is formed with a double-wall construction with an inn... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4019211 | Bedframe with unitized adjustable crossbar A bedframe having side rails interconnected by end crossbars which are adjustable to provide a plurality of different standard bed widths, each of the crossbars being formed by at least two telescoped sections which are interconnected to provide a unitary... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4019212 | Boat cover apparatus A boat cover apparatus that includes a boat lift assembly mounted on a main frame for lifting a boat above the level of the water, a cover assembly that includes a cover frame having a subframe of a size and shape that is greater than the maximum horizont... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4019213 | Piping apparatus for a floating or semi-submersible platform Apparatus for connecting at least one pipe-line situated on a sea-bed to a floating or semi-submersible platform which includes a vertical pipe-line section consisting of at least one flexible pipe arranged between a sinker resting on the sea-floor and an... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4019214 | Floating platform A floating standing platform used as a lifesaving device. The platform includes a planar deck which is submerged in a body of water and anchored in place. U-shaped handles extend from the bottom of the deck while upright supports extending from the top of... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4019215 | Method and apparatus for lining safety box toes A rigid box toe piece for use in the assembly of a lasted safety shoe is lined in a machine which shapes the liner and attaches it to the inner surface of the steel box. The machine includes a clamp to temporarily hold the positioned box liner with respec... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4019216 | Windshield wiper A windshield wiper having a wiper blade formed with a wiping edge and attached to one or more spring bows or bails along which wiper blade on at least one side of the wiping edge facing the windshield to be wiped there is provided a pad adapted to store a... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4019217 | Cleaning apparatus for rollers In a machine for application of liquid compositions to workpieces by means of longitudinally extending applicator rollers, cleaning apparatus comprising at least one cleaning member for each application roller and mounting means for the cleaning member ad... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4019218 | Carpet soil extractor A self contained carpet soil extractor having a carrier for a cleaning solution, waste water and an attached floor wand for cleaning the carpet requires only an external connection to a source of electricity. The cleaning solution is directed through nozz... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4019219 | Trash compactor apparatus A unit that may be mounted on the flat bed of a truck for sucking up roadside trash which is compressed in a collection bin and transported into the collection body of the truck. The unit includes a telescopic collection tube member which is fitted with p... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4019220 | Piston assembly for door closer Hydraulic door closer apparatus comprises a cylinder and an elongated piston disposed in the cylinder, the piston being made of relatively easily machined material, but having associated with it a rack of harder, wear and impact-resistant material for tra... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4019221 | Pan handle A handle for a pan or lid. At least one spring is provided on the handle for holding the handle body to either the lid or the pan. The spring is received in a groove formed in the handle body and is in the form of a leaf spring having a bent over portion ... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4019222 | Poultry eviscerating method and apparatus The digestive tract of a poultry carcass is removed for inspection without stretching the weak section of the esophagus beyond its breaking point by simultaneously pulling on the gizzard and proventriculus at opposite ends of the weak section using two se... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4019223 | Apparatus for cutting poultry carcass Apparatus for cutting poultry carcasses into pieces which can be from two pieces up to twelve pieces, having a power driven feeding mechanism which moves a carcass along support while it is being cut into pieces automatically by various blades. The suppor... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4019224 | Removal of meat from crustaceans An apparatus for the removal of meat from Crustacean members having tubular shells, particularly crab legs. The apparatus comprises a shell slitting device including an eccentric rotary cutter and a stationary cutter. The stationary cutter includes an elo... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4019225 | Mill fiber treatment apparatus Fibers enter a textile mill at bale breaking equipment where fibers are distributed onto an open conveyor, and possibly blended, for transmittal to processing machinery such as opening and cleaning equipment, picker equipment for forming a lap, carding eq... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4019226 | Apparatus for automatically shaping cellulose type menstrual tampons An apparatus for automatically shaping cellulose type menstrual tampons with all the operational steps being automated wherein a cotton band used as a stock material is processed therein until a product of cocoon-like final shape suitable for use as a men... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4019227 | Slide fastener stringers A slide fastener stringer tape comprising a major region made of a knitted fabric with an open, net-like texture, and a relatively narrow scoop-carrying region made of a warp-knitted fabric. The major tape region is longitudinally subdivided into several ... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4019228 | Crimping apparatus A filamentary strand of a thermoplastic nature is ejected from an ejection nozzle being entrained on a heated medium flow into a stuffing chamber structured on a circulating endless surface moving at a speed slower than the ejection speed and the stuffed ... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4019229 | Yarn texturing apparatus Apparatus is disclosed for texturing thermoplastic continuous filament yarn wherein the distance that the yarn in compacted form moves forward in a texturizer is controlled by a particular device. The device comprises a plurality of stationary elongated j... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4019230 | Reciprocating powered bicycle This is a unique arrangement for transmission of power, particularly for bicycles, and the like, in which arrangements are made through the use of roller clutch and ratchet arrangements or the like to provide for regular rotary leg motion or alternatively... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4019231 | Method for attaching a shadow or photographic mask to a flangeless, curved faceplate of a color television picture tube This disclosure depicts a method, for use in the manufacture of color television picture tubes, for attaching a frameless, curved, non-self-rigid shadow or photographic mask to a flangeless, curved faceplate, the faceplate having a concave inner surface w... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4019232 | Ram type steel bar coupling apparatus An apparatus for coupling two bars by one sleeve, which comprises dies, a die frame for supporting said dies, rods connected to one end of said frame, a bottom frame attached to the other ends of said rods, an intermediate frame supported on said rods bet... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4019233 | Puller apparatus and method for disassembling universal joints A puller apparatus and method for disassembling a universal joint which has a cruciform spider and two yokes each of which has collars that carry bearing cups mounted upon the opposite arms of the spider. Integral flanges on the cups prevent them from bei... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4019234 | Tire rasp having reversible blade holder assemblies Tire rasp is disclosed for a tire buffing machine in which the blades and spacers are removably assembled in holders which in turn are removably assembled between the top and base plates of a hub comprising the tire rasp. Each holder and its assembly of b... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4019235 | Piston puller A tool for removing a piston from a cylinder of a piston driven engine, particularly a diesel engine, comprises a cylindrical sleeve member having a length greater than the length of the piston to be removed, an outside diameter less than the diameter of ... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4019236 | Crimping press clamp for electrical connectors This invention relates to a press useful for terminating or crimping an electrical connector to a cable. More particularly the press includes die members which crimp the connector about the cable. The press further contains a lever arm adapted to securely... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4019237 | Tool for disassembling hydraulic valve lifters A tool for disassembling hydraulic valve lifters of the type having a housing enclosing a plunger longitudinally movable through a cylindrical cavity therein, the plunger having a coaxial cavity therein with a circumferential lip or groove adjacent the op... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4019238 | Apparatus for riveting Sheet material pieces are riveted together by punching a hole in the pieces with a rivet driven through them and into an oversize female die, which is then moved to move the penetrated pieces towards the head of the rivet. The rivet is further advanced so... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4019239 | Method of producing magnetite article Magnetite, Fe3 O4, can be transformed into articles having a high electrical conductivity by heating magnetite powder to a temperature of 900° - 1300° C and compacting said heated powder to form an article having a porosity below 3... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4019240 | Process for gapping slide fastener chain In gapping a stringer of a slide fastener, a plurality of interlocking elements in a portion to be gapped are gripped, such as by a comb, while the tape is clamped or held, and then relative movement is produced between the gripped fastening elements and ... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4019241 | Method of splicing elongate members The interior passageway formed at the central axis of a bundle of at least three cylindrical elements which are drawn together within a contractable outer member serves to maintain the ends of optical fibers or the like in accurate axial alignment to prov... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4019242 | Vacuum pressure fill of viscous dampers Method and apparatus for filling viscous dampers in which the method comprises assembling a damper housing with an inertia weight placed loosely therewithin and a housing top having a single aperture therein and adapted to provide a complete closure for t... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4019243 | Method for forming a tubular writing pen An improved writing point assembly for stylographic, or tube pens and a method for making such an improved writing point. The writing tube itself may be formed by a deep drawing operation and then secured, in a surrounding relationship, to the front end o... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4019244 | Spiral wound gasket assembly method Spiral wound gasket assembly and method of making same, wherein a spiral wound gasket ring is positioned in an inner groove in a metal gauge ring and a deformation is formed in the gauge ring adjacent the groove to reduce the size of the gauge ring groove... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4019245 | Device for clamping tools in the seat of a tool magazine A device for clamping tools in the seat of a tool magazine. The device has a cam at the one end of which there is a projection which is adapted to be contacted by the grip of the autooperator. The cam is seated on an axle which is located in the face port... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4019246 | Machine tool with automatic tool changer A machine tool includes an indexing device for indexing a spindle to a predetermined angular position for engagement between a key member disposed upon the spindle and a key-way disposed upon a tool to be used. When either the tool, to be used next, upon ... | 04/26/1977 |
