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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4052752 | Method of making a disposable garment A method of making a disposable garment, which garment is generally intended for use under sterile conditions. The method includes cutting the body of the garment from a continuous web of material, the longitudinal axis of the body being in the cross dire... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4052753 | Knee spacer and method of reforming sliding body surfaces A knee spacer comprising, an elongated member of a flexible and relatively biologically inert material for placement in the space normally occupied by the suprapatellar pouch of a patient's knee.... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4052754 | Implantable structure A structure for in vivo implantation which includes an elongate section terminating in one end in an enlarged portion and being at least partially of a biocompatible porous material having characteristics of promoting ingrowth of tissue. The structure is ... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4052755 | Wave-quelling float A wave-quelling float for marking lines extending across the surface of a body of water is provided, comprising a supporting body of lightweight plastic material; a hub in the body with a central passage therethrough for reception of a float-tethering mar... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4052756 | Wet type marine jet toilet A wet type marine toilet of the jet flushing type, wherein a reservoir tank is provided in a branch line connection to a top flushing rim of the bowl to delay the flushing action, and to impound fluid during the flushing operation, and upon termination of... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4052757 | Hydrotherapy installation A novel blower assembly for coaxial mounting with a conventinal swimming pool filter pump and a common drive motor, the blower being a required element of a hydrotherapy installation incorporated as a feature of the pool.... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4052758 | Human waste disposal system A human waste disposal system including an improved toilet, a transfer system and an intermediate sealing means. The toilet includes a bowl with flushing nozzles that use a minimum amount of fluid or a mixture of fluid as a flushing agent. The bowl has a ... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4052759 | Floor-mounted anchor unit for toilets A floor-mounted anchor unit for toilets comprising---in association with an upstanding sewer pipe riser set before placement of the floor---a horizontal annular toilet attachment flange on the floor adjacent and in register with such riser, a horizontal a... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4052760 | Coil spring assembly A coil spring assembly for mattresses and box springs in which the coil springs are arranged in lengthwise and crosswise rows in the assembly with the outermost coil springs in each of the rows and in the middle rows extending lengthwise of the spring ass... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4052761 | Cartop trunk boat A cartop, weather-tight, utility luggage carrier or trunk, which by adding two additional sections that are all detachably secured together therewith thus form a boat, the luggage carrier and sections when detached being able to nest inside each other so ... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4052762 | Baby life preserver A life preserver, shaped for use on a child or baby consisting of floatable plastic foam sections fitted together to form an enclosed vest with the bottom of the foam sections joined to a webbing formed with a pair of holes for the feet of the wearer and ... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4052763 | Rivet making method A rivet making machine and method in which a stationary set of angularly spaced head forming tools and a ram supported reciprocable set of body working tools are aligned at angularly spaced stations with each other and with a set of body dies carried by a... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4052764 | Bag accessory A bag accessory for attachment to a bag, which accessory includes a ramp or scoop for guiding refuse or other material from a work surface into an attached bag, gripping means carried by the ramp or scoop for releasably gripping the bag, arms for distendi... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4052765 | Vacuum cleaner A housing in a vacuum cleaner is subdivided into a first space and a separate second space which does not communicate with the first space but is in heat-exchanging relationship with the first space. An impeller is located in the second space for sucking ... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4052766 | Hand scrubber A hand scrubber having a hollow base member with a motor mounted therein. A drive dog is connected to the shaft of the motor. A hollow washing container is removably mounted in the base. The container has a driven dog meshing with the drive dog, and a bru... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4052767 | Power driven brush drive control A vacuum cleaner structure having a motor driven suction unit and a motor driven rotary brush. A control is provided for selectively operating the driven brush independently of the operation of the suction unit. The control may comprise a switch mounted t... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4052768 | Handle of a window regulator for vehicles A handle of a window regulator for vehicles includes a main body having a cylindrical projecting portion vertically extended from one end thereof and an opened shoulder portion formed on an inner end of the cylindrical projecting portion, and a knob membe... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4052769 | Machine for opening a severed bovine or ovine head An apparatus for opening a severed bovine or ovine head has a base provided with a pair of upwardly directed and parallel base blades spaced to support the head. A vertical displaceable guillotine blade is directed downwardly toward the base blades and ha... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4052770 | Method and apparatus for severing thin-walled tubing on a mandrel An improved method of severing a strand of shirred casing or the like from the following casing while the casing moves along a mandrel, comprising the steps of gripping the shirred casing at two axially separated points, extending the casing to deshirr a ... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4052771 | Cuff linking device The cuff linking device is an implement attached to the cuff of garments such as: shirts, blouses, jackets and similar apparel, giving the garment a desirable distinctive look and provide the wearer with comfort and freedom of wrist movement. The cuff lin... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4052772 | Pillar loop for belts, such as seat belts in cars or the like A pillar loop for belts, such as seat belts in cars or the like, and particularly the type of pillar loop which is secured to a vehicle and having a belt extending therethrough for guidance of the latter. The pillar loop is of round steel which can be con... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4052773 | Buckle A buckle adapted for use with a strap means so as to form a belt, bracelet, or the like is disclosed. The buckle includes a housing having a recess on a major face thereof for removably receiving an ornamental member, whereby any one of a plurality of orn... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4052774 | Plastic buckle A plastic buckle comprises a pair of plastic engaging elements of the same shape each of which includes a plate portion, a base plate portion extended from the longitudinal edge of the plate portion, and two engaging portions extended integrally from the ... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4052775 | Safety seat belt buckle A self-sufficient three-piece structure constituting an open top metal housing within which there is mounted a pushbutton lever and a V-shaped leaf-type spring between lever and base of housing. A single plastic insert providing a crush resistent wall bet... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4052776 | Method of spot-knocking an electron gun assembly in a color television picture tube This disclosure depicts a method of spot-knocking an electron gun having a heater and cathode, a control grid G1, a screen grid G2, and four main focus lens electrodes (G3, G4, G5, and G6), wherein a first relatively large gap exists between G2 and G3, be... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4052777 | Rollers for use in printing and method of making same Transfer or cleaning roller for use in offset printing is flocked with fibers adhesively secured to the roller by a layer of elastic binder. The outer ends of the fibers project from the layer of binder but are coated therewith, with the possible exceptio... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4052778 | Apparatus for the simultaneous termination in terminal sleeves of a plurality of wires with a multi-pin connector A procedure and apparatus for accomplishing the conditioning and placement of a plurality of wires for the simultaneous termination of the wires of a multi-pin connector. Terminal sleeves are employed to both position and lock the several wires to the mul... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4052779 | Method for assembling micro-filter units An apparatus and a method are provided for assembling micro-filter units having a barrel, a plug adapted to be inserted in the barrel, and a filter disc clamped between the barrel and the plug, which are characterized in that the filter disc is punched ou... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4052780 | Punching, contouring, handling apparatuses and method A rotary turret numerically controlled punch press is provided with a discharge station at 90° from a punching station. A part is clamped in the turret, separated from a larger workpiece and then rotated with the turret to the discharge station. A transf... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4052781 | Rotation-to-reciprocating motion converting tool The tool attachment for converting rotating into reciprocating motion comprises a hollow traveling body having a radial bore and an axial bore therein. A bearing housing is removably mounted in the radial bore. A ram is movably mounted in the bore's axial... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4052782 | Tubular solar cell and method of making same High efficiency, low cost solar energy conversation is facilitated by using tubular photovoltaic solar cells situated at the focus of a line-generated paraboloidal reflector. Advantageously each solar cell comprises a pair of concentric glass tubes that a... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4052783 | Apparatus and method for winding armatures An armature includes a shaft which supports a slotted core and a commutator having peripherally spaced hook-like tangs. The armature is automatically wound on a flyer-type winding machine which incorporates a novel lead forming and connecting mechanism. T... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4052784 | Method for the manufacture of a tubular conductor suitable for superconducting cables An improved method of manufacturing a tubular conductor which consist of a niobium layer and a copper layer, in which one side of a tube of electrolytic copper is plated with niobium by fusion electrolysis and the tube section thus produced, then drawn in... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4052785 | Method of making a transformer assembly Disclosed is a double balanced mixer using a novel single ferrite core construction. The core includes two apertures and a transformer is wound through each aperture. The two transformers are connected by diodes in the known manner to provide the mixer. T... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4052786 | Method of making a variable resistance control A variable resistance control employing a support plate and a resistance element having a pair of spaced resistance paths applied on a base and rotatably mounted on the support plate. A pair of terminals with integral contacts are secured to the support p... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4052787 | Method of fabricating a beam lead flexible circuit A method for producing beam leads, i.e. electrical contacts, on flexible circuits or multilayer circuits for interconnecting devices is disclosed. The method consists of processing a metal foil to expose a beam lead interconnection pattern, plating the ex... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4052788 | Tool for removing a snap-in bushing from a mounting panel hole A tool for removing a snap-in bushing type toggle switch or the like from a hole in a mounting panel. The tool is molded of plastic material and is provided with a spring-biased self-opening slidable chuck snap-in assembled within a compressor tube and is... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4052789 | Rotary cutting assembly Apparatus for cutting, trimming, and edging vegetation, and the like, is provided with a rotatable disc-like head having at least one string-like cutting member removably attached thereto and replaceably extending from its periphery for cutting adjacent v... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4052790 | Pea and bean cutter A pea and bean cutter has a semicircular slot with a cutting blade protruding part way into the semicircle. A pea or bean pod moved longitudinally through the slot has its skin longitudinally sliced without marring the peas or beans within.... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4052791 | Lawn edge trimmer A hand and foot-operated lawn edge trimming tool includes a pair of platform sections each having a flat base and an attachment flange depending therefrom, and a flat blade clamped by fastening means between the attachment flanges and extending downwardly... | 10/11/1977 |
