Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4027339 | Hockey glove with improved palm construction A hockey glove which is heavily padded on its back including the finger and thumb stalls has a flexible body member formed of seam joined palm and back flexible sheet material portions, the palm portion being made of waterproofed top grained boar hide. Th... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4027340 | Face mask A face mask blank, with or without an attached head covering, comprising: lines scored, cut, or impressed into the surface of flat, flexible sheet material, outlining thereon at least two or more concentric geometric figures, such as circles or polygons i... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4027341 | Juncture arrangement between the bow of a hearing protection means and a protective helmet A device for protecting the hearing of a user which includes an ear hood secured to a helmet by a pivotable bow which can be moved forwardly and rearwardly of the helmet and also laterally thereof. The bow is provided with a sliding surface over which a p... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4027342 | Goggle ventilator A two-part goggle ventilator includes a pin on one part and a pin receiving opening in the other part providing for quick, convenient and reliable attachment of the ventilator in a complementary aperture in a goggle. When assembled on the goggle, the vent... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4027343 | Bed frame with detachable and interchangeable components A bed frame constructed of detachable and interchangeable components to enable the width of the bed frame to be varied to supportingly receive standardized bedding, box springs, or the like, of different standard widths by interchanging components. Unique... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4027344 | Energy conserving bed warming device A portable energy conserving bed warming device is provided, designed to store heat and to permit its gradual radiation over an extended period of time. The device is placed at the foot of the bed, under the bed covers, and radiates heat to warm the bed a... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4027345 | Transfer printing A method of transfer printing, wherein a release layer is formed on a temporary support; printing a pattern on said release layer with an ink containing coloring matter therein to obtain a transfer sheet; superposing an article to be transfer-printed on t... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4027346 | Polyester fiber treated with anionic polyalkylene oxide emulsified polyester polyether finish A modifying process for polyester synthetic fiber products wherein said polyester synthetic fiber products are dipped into a treating liquor having an aggregation initiating temperature in the range of 65° - 125° C and then treated by heating them to te... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4027347 | Swimming glove A swimming glove comprising an elastic sealable main body which integrally includes a hollow palm portion, a plurality of hollow finger portions radially and outwardly extending from one end of the palm portion and foldable fingerwebs extending between th... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4027348 | Skin treatment appliance A hand-held portable electrical skin treatment appliance and particularly for use in the care of facial skin wherein the appliance is provided with means for detachably mounting various skin treatment devices to a rotary drive output. The attachment devic... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4027349 | Apparatus for brush-cleaning the interiors of pipes Apparatus for brush-cleaning the interiors of pipes, wherein rotative brushes are carried by a rotative carrier plate. The brushes are rotated by air motors, and rotate at very high speeds. The brushes are spring-loaded to consistently bear against the in... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4027350 | Cleaning pad A buffing and cleaning pad includes a layer of steel wool which has been impregnated with a solution of crude drying oil and essence of lemon. A layer of dust cloth can be bonded to the steel wool layer by an intermediate polyethylene layer having a layer... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4027351 | Brush construction The ferrule of a bristle brush includes an annular bead peripherally about the ferrule proximate one end thereof, and the bead has a sufficiently large cross-sectional profile and circumscribes a volume having a sufficiently large cross-sectional area rel... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4027352 | Scouring pad with retained contoured stiffener There is disclosed a scouring pad made with a strip of expanded plastic material which is commonly used for scouring pots, pans and the like. This pad has one end folded over a stiff plastic contoured member which provides a controlled contour to the pad ... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4027353 | Cleaning apparatus, particularly for cleaning window panes A cleaning apparatus, particularly for cleaning window panes, is fitted with a replaceable strip-shaped rubber wiping element, a U-section holding sheath accommodating the rear edge of the wiping element and, at the forward end of a handle for holding the... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4027354 | Detachable windshield wiper assembly for helmet A detachable windshield wiper assembly for a helmet having a front visor consists of a housing which has fastening means cooperable with means on the helmet for detachably securing the housing thereto. The housing has a rear wall, which has the fastening ... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4027355 | Pneumatic cleaning mat and method of making same A mat is provided for placement at a doorway or other area where it is desired to provide a positive cleaning action of footwear worn by pedestrians. The mat is in the form of a flat, pressurized tank equipped with a plurality of closely spaced poppet val... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4027356 | Meat tenderizer An apparatus for tenderizing meat having a plurality of knives each comprising an elongated blade including structure for reciprocating the knives to project and withdraw the cutting edge ends of the knives into and from the meat in order to sever fibers ... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4027357 | Collapsible dressing hook for animals A dressing hook for animals having a yoke adapted to be supported from above and having a pair of oppositely, outwardly extending arms adapted to be hingedly moved on the yoke from the outwardly extending position to a collapsed position; the arms are sup... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4027358 | Variable speed drive system for carding machine A variable speed drive system for a carding machine employs a variable pitch pulley assembly that rotates the feed cylinder and doffer cylinder at a constant slow speed as the sliver is made up to the coiler can, and after a predetermined time lapse the s... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4027359 | Wire come-along A split hinged sleeve circumscribingly engages a substantial length of stranded aluminum cable and includes a plurality of diametrically opposed wedges extending laterally from the sleeve. The sleeve is mounted within a frame having bearing surfaces conta... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4027360 | Tie down brackets for securing bights of flexible members A tie down bracket for receiving and engaging a bight or loop in a flexible member, such as a rope or cable, such tie down bracket including a base plate having secured thereto a spring mounting body. The spring mounting body includes a projecting finger ... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4027361 | Sliding clasp fastener A sliding clasp fastener has a pair of sliders movable on and along a pair of element-supporting tape edges, the sliders having element-separating ends disposed in confronting relationship to each other. A retainer member connects the sliders together and... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4027362 | Buckles for vehicle safety belts A two-part vehicle safety buckle has an integral metal pressing with a flat base and overturned side walls defining a socket. A latch assembly extends around the pressing and is guided in cut-outs in the side walls and base for manual release movement gen... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4027363 | Methods of making incandescent lamps Axial-geometry incandescent lamps with accurately aligned, self-centering helical filaments are disclosed, the filaments having heavy end sections which are mechanically deformed to grip a helical center section. Tubular lamp envelopes have a glass center... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4027364 | Method of making a chair leg base A tapered tubular chair base leg is formed from a tube of uniform cross section throughout its length by deforming the bottom wall and adjoining portions of the sidewalls of the tube inwardly to produce an interior rib which is inclined throughout its len... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4027365 | Method for removing and re-installing the crank-shaft of an internal combustion engine and device for carrying out the said method Method and device for removing the crank-shaft of an internal combustion engine, wherein the frame of the engine is tilted on one side about an axis parallel with the center-line of the crank-shaft, and said crank-shaft is extracted from below.... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4027366 | Multilayer coated substrate A process for electrostatically applying a multilayered coating on a substrate in one operation or step is disclosed, wherein a mixture of powders of at least two different coating materials is used as the coating composition, each powder, in the case of ... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4027367 | Spray bonding of nickel aluminum and nickel titanium alloys An alloy of nickel and aluminum, which also may contain varying percentages of intermetallics, in the form of a wire or rod is sprayed in an electric arc spray gun to form a self-bonding coating on a smooth, clean substrate. Alternatively an alloy of nick... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4027368 | Forceps tool for wire insertion The disclosure relates to a forceps type hand tool for gripping individual wires, either discrete or in a cable array, and forcibly inserting the gripped wire within a slotted plate type electrical contact. The working portion of the tool laterally suppor... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4027369 | Element rows coupling tool for a concealed slide fastener A tool for interengaging a pair of element rows in a concealed type slide fastener has a pair of blocks movable toward and away from each other and normally urged apart, and a pair of slider body halves mounted on the blocks, respectively, the slider halv... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4027370 | High frequency vibration insertion apparatus A high frequency vibration insertion apparatus using high frequency vibrations and pressure for inserting an element into a body operates in conjunction with an automatic feed means which feeds such elements seriatim into a guide. The guide has an axial b... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4027371 | Device for the insertion of an intermediate member between two crossing strings of a tennis racquet A device for the insertion of an intermediate member between two crossing strings of a tennis racquet, wherein each intermediate member is a guidance member having two pairs of projections partially encompassing crossing strings, and disposed at right ang... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4027372 | Seal emplacement tools A seal emplacement tool for emplacing flexible ring seals, and including a tube having an open end and for accommodating a folded seal, a plunger in the tube for ejecting the seal from the open end, and a guide externally of and so spaced from the said op... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4027373 | Flange spreader A method and apparatus for removing a flow control device mounted between two opposed flanges of a pipeline wherein the flanges are clamped together by a plurality of studs. The method comprises the steps of clamping a pair of axially expandable flange sp... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4027374 | Tank bottom assembly apparatus Cylindrical water tanks, such as used for water softeners, inherently corrode at the bottom and herein is taught that the tanks are repaired by removing the bottom dish with the use of a novel tool that moves around the tank and bears thereagainst with a ... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4027375 | Device for angularly centering a member having an annular toothed formation A device for angularly centering a member having an annular toothed formation, for example an electric motor commutator prior to mounting the commutator on a rotor shaft, comprises a centering bracket located in the path of movement of the member. The bra... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4027376 | Method for producing sparking wheels This method is particularly suited for practice on a multiple spindle screw machine in which each work spindle carries a length of bar stock. The work end of each bar is formed, sized and drilled in a conventional manner to form thereon a wheel shaped wor... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4027377 | Production of neutron shielding material Neutron shielding material in the form of a thin rigid sandwich, comprising outer layers of metal, preferably aluminum, and a solid core formed of a uniform intimate solid mixture of particles of metal and a neutron absorbing material, preferably boron ca... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4027378 | Removing deposited material from the edge portions of a plate Deposited material is removed from an edge of a plate in the form of a strip, by positioning against the edge of the plate the periphery of a roller that has corrugations along its periphery, the corrugations having sharp edges that extend all the way aro... | 06/07/1977 |
