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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4032989 | Garment liner A garment liner adapted for encompassing the body of a wearer embodying a first set of biased-cut panel means including first and second biased-cut side panel means and a second set of unbiased-cut panel means including front and back panel means. The fir... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4032990 | Heat resistant glove having additional protective portion in gripping area A heat resistant glove for use in foundries or the like and for use in handling extremely hot objects such as molten metal ladles or the like. The glove has an insulating portion which fits between the liner of the glove and the outside glove. More partic... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4032991 | Face and head protective device A fire, smoke and noxious fumes protective device comprises an air-tight envelope made of fire-resistant transparent sheet plastic material and encloses a pre-moistened porous face mask secured thereto. The device is rendered into the operative condition ... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4032992 | Controlling degree of reaction by controlling heat input in cellulose textile-reactant systems The method of treating a textile fabric comprising cellulosic fibers to produce a modified fabric intermediate from which permanently shaped wearing apparel having an improved dry crease recovery can be made, comprising the steps of: (1) impregnating the ... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4032993 | Bioresorbable surgical articles Implantable surgical articles are provided which are at least partially bioresorbable and which consist at least partially of a copolyester of succinic acid and oxalic acid possessing receiving units of the general formulae: ##STR1## in which ea... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4032994 | Hip joint prosthesis The joint head is mounted via a sleeve of a cup-shaped member to rotate and move axially relatively to a pin on the prosthesis stem while at least one groove-like recess is formed between the sleeve and joint head to allow passage of lubricant. The moveme... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4032995 | System and method for treating human waste A toilet system for use on vehicles, such as railroad trains and boats, wherein the toilet contents are chlorinated and ground into a slurry of a predetermined size prior to pumping out. The system includes a grinder which recirculates the toilet contents... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4032996 | Sealing apparatus for toilet An improved sealing mechanism for closing the bottom opening of a toilet bowl and adapted to be moved between open and closed positions with a minimum of human effort. The mechanism includes a movable blade and an elastic seal in the form of a curtain tha... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4032997 | Flush toilet accessory This invention provides a flush regulator for use in a toilet flush tank in order to regulate the outflow from the flush tank through an outlet pipe. The regulator includes a mounting portion from which extends water chamber means open upwardly, and air c... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4032998 | Stand up toilet A stand up toilet for handicapped persons who are unable to bend at the waist and incapable of sitting on a conventional form of toilet. The stand up toilet includes four upright legs that are connected together by a horizontal rectangular support plate. ... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4032999 | Sofa bed A furniture assembly such as a sofa bed which moves between a sitting configuration and a bed configuration including a metal support frame having end units with interconnecting beam members removably connected to the end units by bolts. A metal plate is ... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4033000 | Functional stretcher shell device Functional stretcher shell device designed for picking up and transporting wounded, injured or sick people with orthopaedic retention of the lesions of the limbs, the head, the spine and the torso, characterized by the combination of a carrying unit servi... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4033001 | Sleeping bag A sleeping bag has a hood back part having a pair of arm and hand portions extending from opposite sides thereof. A lower back part is affixed to and extends from the hood back part. A hood front part has a face opening therein and a pair of arm and hand ... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4033002 | Life saving equipment for vessels Lifesaving apparatus for vessels in the form of a buoy releaseably carried by a vessel in a manner so as to float free if the vessel sinks while remaining attached to the vessel by a cable held on a reel on the buoy and having its outer end connected to t... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4033003 | Head forming method A method of providing an undercut "bowtie" slot in the head of a fastener such as a screw or bolt, and the resulting interim and final fastener products. The method consists of only two heading steps, starting with either a preform or a simple blank. In t... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4033004 | Bookbinding machine A bookbinding machine wherein a book comprising a plurality of sheets of paper or the like to be bound together is clamped by a clamping device at a first position and the clamping device with the book is reciprocated between the first position and a seco... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4033005 | Bearing pad assembly A bridge bearing assembly comprising an elastomeric bearing pad having side edges and end edges. The bearing pad has contactor surfaces extending upwardly from a mounting plate. A metallic shear controller pin fixed to the mounting plate is positioned adj... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4033006 | Swingable support leg for a bridge Supporting apparatus for a portable bridge including a longitudinally telescoping bridge support leg having an intermediate support member at the free end thereof. A pair of foot plate members are pivotally supported at the intermediate support member and... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4033007 | Toothbrush A toothbrush having a bristle supporting head pivotaly mounted to a handle for pivotal movement of the head and bristles about a pivot axis substantially perpendicular to the axis of the handle to a plurality of positions to gain easy access to tooth surf... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4033008 | Toothbrush A toothbrush head has two inner longitudinal rows of relatively soft bristle tufts, two outer longitudinal rows of shorter relatively hard bristle tufts, and a transverse end row of hard bristle tufts that are longer than any of the other tufts, and the e... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4033009 | Handles for supporting a dish or the like in a microwave oven A pair of similarly-shaped handles support a dish or other food holder. The handles are of sufficient height to elevate the dish above a shelf of a microwave oven upon which the base of the handles rests. The handles permit easy carrying of the dish and e... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4033010 | Handles A handle arrangement particularly for a paint pad adapted for releasable engagement with a channel provided on the structure to which the handle is to be applied consists of an apertured base plate a handle member extending upwardly from such base plate a... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4033011 | Vehicle floor trimming fastening arrangement A vehicle floor panel is provided, on the surface thereof, with an elongated rigid member formed with an inverted U-shaped opening forming a lug portion. A generally U-shaped hook member pivotally connected to the back of a floor trimming is engageable wi... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4033012 | Button, particularly for clothing pieces A button, particularly for clothing pieces, comprising a foot part secured on a clothing piece with clamping of the carrier material, and a button plate freely tiltably seated on the foot part. The foot part includes a head end which is formed with an ins... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4033013 | Flexible magnetic plastic strip closure A closure for a flexible case such as a brief case, purse or the like, wherein opposing flexible magnetic plastic strips border the opening or mouth of the case, the opposing strips being arranged to be of opposite polarity to develop an attraction force ... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4033014 | Continuous molded slide fastener stringer and method and apparatus for manufacture Interconnecting threads for continuous molded coupling elements are used as load bearing members securing the coupling elements to a support tape. The strength of the union of the connecting threads with the molded coupling elements is increased such as b... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4033015 | Lock for a safety belt Lock for a safety belt with a push-button and a slide in tongue arrangement, wherein the push-button cooperates with a guide part and they are formed of two separate elements, each provided with an inclined face.... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4033016 | Crankshaft welded together from individual elements, and method of making same A crankshaft which is composed of a plurality of individual elements. Each of said elements comprises a crankshaft section with an end face and bearing surface means and also comprises a main shaft journal section with an end face and with bearing surface... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4033017 | Manufacturing method of a hermetically sealed terminal The component parts of a hermetically sealed terminal is a terminal plate made by utilizing chemical etching technique, lead wires, a glass material and an outer frame. All component parts are assembled in moulds, and hermetically sealed by one heating pr... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4033018 | Indexable milling cutter A milling cutter having an annular body with a plurality of seating slots formed in the outer peripheral surface extending generally longitudinally of the body and circumferentially spaced thereabout. An indexable insert cutter member is positioned in eac... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4033019 | Method of assembling bearings The disclosure embraces a method of assembling a self-aligning spherical bearing by placing the mating surfaces of two ring members each having annular facing recesses together about the spherical member and then directing an energized beam raised inwardl... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4033020 | Method of making a slip joint A slip joint including telescoped inner and outer members having substantially unstressed plastic material interposed therebetween. The joint is made by first telescoping inner and outer members with the plastic material interposed therebetween. The outer... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4033021 | Gas separation nozzles and method and apparatus for producing such nozzles Gas separation nozzles are produced by machining the nozzle parts, such as a holding body and separation elements by moving sectional material, for example, prefabricated sectional steel or aluminum alloy rods through a high precision sliding guide path p... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4033022 | Hand operated swager A hand operated swager for attaching a fitting to a hose includes a housing having a turning means rotatably mounted at the top portion thereof and a die for radially contracting the fitting onto the hose is removably mounted at the lower portion of the h... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4033023 | Process for refurbishing metal buoys A procedure for refurbishing hollow metal buoys that have been surveyed out of service. The buoy repair method involves removing a metal section, filling the buoy interior with polyurethane foam, welding back the removed metal section and coating the meta... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4033024 | Method for producing extruded structural profiles from scrap materials of aluminum based metal Method for producing extruded structural profiles from aluminum or aluminum alloy scrap materials. The scrap materials are compacted under room temperature or under heat suitable for hot extrusion into a cylindrical body which is of such a dimension that ... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4033025 | Methods for fabricating wooden frames and the like The apparatus includes a conveyor table having press heads mounted on opposite sides. Coils of connector plate stock having prepunched integrally extending teeth feed upper and lower press platens movable toward one another to substantially simultaneously... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4033026 | High density/high speed MOS process and device A process for fabricating MOS silicon gate transistors which provide high density and high speed devices. The process includes the use of a boron ion implantation step to prevent punch-through and to adjust the thresholds of enhancement mode transistors. ... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4033027 | Dividing metal plated semiconductor wafers A process for fabricating semiconductor devices is disclosed. In particular, a method for separating semiconductor wafers into device chips includes the step of forming a photoresist grid pattern underlying the metallization layer on the back face of the ... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4033028 | Method of making heating cables A mineral insulated heating cable and a method of making same wherein the cable has the characteristic that for a given supply voltage the heat generated per unit length of the cable is substantially unaffected by the total length of the cable. The minera... | 07/05/1977 |
