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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4024584 | Pad and garment assembly A pad and garment assembly comprising a pad adapted to be worn on the wearer's body in conjunction with a garment. The pad has a pair of laterally extending ears and the garment has means for receiving the ears detachably to secure the pad to the garment.... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024585 | Tie clasp A tie clasp for supporting neckwear comprising a plate adapted to be positioned on the front of a shirt collar, a hook rigidly or pivotably mounted on the back of the plate for suspending the plate from the shirt collar, and receiving means having mutuall... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024586 | Headgear suspension system A selectable plurality of removable pads are placed one on top of another re and aft between a rigid helmet and an inner flexible helmet for fitting and suspending a single size of the rigid helmet to varying head contours. The pads are comprised of venti... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024587 | Helmet conversion kit safety helmet A full face safety helmet comprises a helmet portion, of the usual, generally part spherical form adapted to cover and protect the wearer's skull, and a chin guard member in the form of a closed loop of impact resistant material. The chin guard member has... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024588 | Artificial joints with magnetic attraction or repulsion An artificial joint for implantation into the living body comprises a head portion adapted to be anchored in one bone of the body and a socket portion adapted to be anchored in another bone. One of the head and socket portions includes a permanent magnet ... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024589 | Siphon flush valve A flush valve of the siphon type with a supply jet feeding into the upleg is provided with a flap-float valve that is responsive to water level and serves to divert the supply flow to refill the tank after completion of a flushing action. In the preferred... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024590 | Patient sanitary care unit A patient sanitary care unit comprises a wash basin with opposite handles and a removable emesis basin and soap dish having handles that overlay respective wash basin handles so that all three components can be easily grasped separately or together. The e... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024591 | Collapsible bed making device In a collapsible bed making device, a pair of frame supports is affixed to the head side of a bed. A collapsible bed spread frame and a collapsible blanket frame are mounted pivotally on the frame supports. A bed spread is removably affixed to the collaps... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024592 | Camper-pontoon boat construction A camper-boat construction having a camper body adapted for carriage on a pick-up truck bed, the underside of the body being commensurate dimensionally with the bed. The body has hinged at the edges of its underside elongated panels that have a fold-up or... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024593 | Method of forming flat multiple-sided fastener parts having an opening therein A method of forming flat, multiple-sided fastener parts from an elongated strip of sheet material by causing the material to pass progressively through a work station where a series of longitudinally spaced openings are formed in the material and the mate... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024594 | Apparatus for connecting a shoe sole to its shaft Apparatus for connecting the sole of a shoe with its shaft comprising a mold having a contour corresponding to the shape of the sole and at least two jaws being movably supported and being arranged for being pressed against the mold and for laterally encl... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024595 | Linkage bridge A linkage bridge consisting of a plurality of links rotatably coupled to form an elongated structural platform, each having a rotational stop to form an elongated structural platform and being rotatably coupled for being taken up and carried by a reel whi... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024596 | Apparatus for cleaning slices of material Both sides of thin slices of material are cleaned simultaneously in the apparatus of this invention. A slice of material rotates about its axis as it passes between opposed rotatable cleaning surfaces. The apparatus includes a stop which maintains the sli... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024597 | Simultaneous floor edge and baseboard cleaner A housing contains a motor driven by an electrical source and a shaft connected to the motor drives a brush which can clean a tile floor while a bevelled gear attached to the shaft may drive a second bevelled gear connected to a perpendicular shaft which ... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024598 | Brush control system for vehicle wash apparatus This cable and pulley system is used for controlling transverse movement of side brushes mounted to a gantry-type vehicle wash and includes a compensating mechanism. The compensating mechanism includes a pair of interconnected articulated arms carrying pu... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024599 | Shoe cleaner machine A machine for cleaning the bottom of a wearer's shoes. The machine is mounted in a free-standing housing fitted with a platform on which the user stands. An endless motorized belt, fitted with bristles, is mounted under the platform to project through cut... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024600 | Roller units A roller unit for use as a caster for luggage, for example, has a sturdy -piece roller housing formed of sheet metal, the housing comprising a rectangular base with raised pads at opposite ends thereof and a roller-receiving shell defined by a pair of op... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024601 | Housing for castors having twin rollers A housing for twin roller castors is described having a cover for the rollers in one piece with a central partition, the latter having hooks on each side disposed circularly around a through-going, rigidly mounted spindle for the rollers for retaining the... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024602 | Apparatus for decasing food links An improved apparatus for decasing food links comprising an accelerator assembly imparting initial feedthrough velocity, a preconditioner that heats the casings to facilitate removal, a casing slitter assembly, a casing drive assembly, and a stripping hea... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024603 | Low noise vacuum lung machine A viscera removal apparatus for poultry having a preformed access opening to their body cavity including a conveying and positioning means for successively moving poultry along a prescribed path; a plurality of vacuum operated tool assemblies; carriage me... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024604 | Clamp A clamp is provided for securing a plurality of elongated articles in a spaced relationship; the clamp includes a base provided with standards which have recesses or wells therein and which mutually define a recess therebetween to accept such articles of ... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024605 | Flexible hinge pin A flexible hinge pin is disclosed for connecting belt fasteners which are attached to adjacent ends of a conveyor belt. The hinge pin includes a central stranded core with an outer spirally wrapped metallic ribbon overlay. Means in the form of end caps ar... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024606 | Paper holding A clipboard-type paper holder comprises, as its holding subassembly, a pair of spaced eccentric wheels independently pressured, and cooperatively acting to grip paper in cooperation with a clipboard or other backing surface with equalized clamping force a... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024607 | Clasp A clasp for an article of jewelry or the like of the type having a latch member engageable with a keeper member for fastening the clasp. The latch member has a resiliently depressible hook portion disposed for movement from a normally extended position to... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024608 | Function-separating connector A connector consisting of a single elongated element such as a metal wire or plastic member formed in a closed shape with end loops joined by generally straight and generally parallel sides. A sleeve member is removably affixed to the parallel sides. One ... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024609 | Worm drive hose clips A worm drive hose clip comprises a housing, a band having one end secured to the housing and the other end passed through the housing, and a screw which is effectively journalled in the housing and held axially captive therein. Teeth are formed on one fac... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024610 | Method and apparatus for texturizing continuous filaments Continuous filaments, e.g. in the form of yarn, are fed by aspiration into a stream of heated fluid. The stream containing the filaments is directed into contact with a barrier disposed within a chamber at a force sufficient to initiate crimping of the fi... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024611 | Method and apparatus for texturizing continuous filaments Continuous filaments are fed by aspiration into a stream of heated fluid. The filaments are then contacted with at least a second stream of heated fluid to increase the temperature of the filaments. The combined streams of fluid containing the filaments a... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024612 | Process for making an apertured nonwoven fabric The tensile strength of apertured nonwoven fabric can be increased by a change in the two-stage process of impinging fine columnar streams of liquid, first onto one face of a fibrous web and then onto the opposite face thereof, the change being that the a... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024613 | Method of permanently attaching metallic spacers in gaseous discharge display panels There is disclosed a method of permanently attaching metallic spacers in gaseous discharge display panels by ultrasonically bonding said spacers between the glass substrates thereof to thin film metal tabs located between the electrodes. Such a method pre... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024614 | Apparatus for producing resistors Apparatus for producing resistors wherein substantially round heads are heat-formed on the ends of the leads and molded, under a predetermined pressure, into electrical and mechanical contact with a quantity of resistive material to form an integral body.... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024615 | Knife head, particularly for polygonal turning machines A knife head, particularly for multi-edge lathes having knives held in plates and braceable in their operating position, which plates are adjustable, in order to obtain a radial adjustability of the knives, by means of an eccentric tool which is insertabl... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024616 | Self-aligning bearing with a split inner member A self-aligning bearing assembly comprising an outer member having a concave inner surface and an inner member carried within the outer member and having a convex outer surface generally complementary to the concave inner surface, said inner member being ... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024617 | Method of applying a refractory coating to metal substrate A method of applying a refractory coating or facing to a ferrous metal substrate that is in the form of a finished article, such as that of a piston seal or the like, and that has sections of such small dimensions as to be easily distorted by heat. The me... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024618 | Method of fabricating gas transmitting body for use in bubble shearing Method and apparatus for bubble shearing are disclosed in which nascent bubbles are formed by flowing gas through the very small capillary openings of a gas diffusing surface into a moving liquid that shears the nascent bubbles off as it moves past the ca... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024619 | Method of manufacturing a flat heat-exchanger tube from thin, flexible metal strip material A method of manufacturing a flat heat-exchanger tube from thin, flexible metal strip material, comprising the steps of bending first and second longitudinal edge portions of the strip into an overlapping position over a central portion of said strip, bend... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024620 | Methods for manufacturing refrigerating systems A method for manufacturing a refrigerating system. According to the method, adhesive is applied either to outer faces of an intermediate insulating body or to inner faces of a pair of outer metal skins which are to engage the outer faces of the insulating... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024621 | Keg orienting and transferring apparatus The present invention relates to apparatus for removing an identification disc from one end of an aluminium keg and thereafter transferring the latter to other apparatus (not the subject of the present invention) which will remove a bung from the side of ... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024622 | Method of making roller units A roller unit for use as a caster for luggage, for example, has a sturdy -piece roller housing formed of sheet metal, the housing comprising a rectangular base with raised pads at opposite ends thereof and a roller-receiving shell defined by a pair of op... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4024623 | Manufacture of isostress contoured dies Method for making isostress contoured dies by providing a cavity containing multiple vertical supports. A flexible material is tensionally secured across the top of the cavity to contact the supports and pneumatically deformed to assume an isostress conto... | 05/24/1977 |
