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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4083064 | Infant thermal shield An infant thermal shield is formed of a bag of a plastic such as polyethylene which is a material of solid monolithic non-cellular cross-section which is adapted for permitting the audio detection therethrough of body functions. The bag is provided with a... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4083065 | Protective helmet and full face mask construction A protective helmet and a full face mask for combined use on the head and face of a person, comprises a mask which is adapted to fit over the face and has a peripheral portion for encircling the chin, jaws and forehead of the face. The helmet engages over... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4083066 | Heterologous arterial transplants In a process for the preparation of heterologous arterial transplants comprising freeing young animal arteries of surrounding tissue, ligating collateral branches, subjecting the resulting arteries to proteolysis to remove elastic fibers and muscle tissue... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4083067 | Recirculating toilet and method A recirculating toilet having a bowl and a storage chamber, and recirculating means for recirculating liquid from the storage chamber through the bowl and back into the storage chamber. Filter means is interposed between the storage chamber and the recirc... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4083068 | Adjustable article of furniture An adjustable article of furniture, particularly an adjustable bed, has a frame and a backrest mounted on the frame for pivoting between a substantially horizontal rest position and an upright position. A leaf spring, or a plurality of such springs, is su... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4083069 | Reversible dual purpose box spring An improved box spring construction that provides two mattress supporting surfaces, each of which are of different firmness so as to eliminate the need for mattress stiffening bed boards, and to materially increase the desirability, life and usefulness of... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4083070 | Inflatable liferafts of thermoplastic material and methods for their manufacture A method of making an inflatable liferaft from thermoplastic sheet material, wherein the thermoplastic sheet material which is to form a floor of the liferaft is heat welded around the periphery of the floor to the thermoplastic sheet material which is to... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4083071 | Swim flippers Swim flippers having a shoe portion and a fin portion. The fin portion is formed with a continuous through channel for the flow of water, an exit at its forward end, an inlet opening at the trailing end in each of the upper and lower surfaces. A flap, res... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4083072 | Connection system for marine structures A method of and apparatus for connecting a material and personnel transfer ramp from an offshore oil structure, or the like, to a floating vessel which comprises a docking pedestal rigidly attached to the deck of a vessel, an attachment assembly which cov... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4083073 | Devices for neutralizing electrostatic charges and removing dust and particles from recording discs and the like A device for neutralizing electrostatic charge and removing dust and particles attached by the charges on a gramaphone record or disc, the device comprising a body; a handle on the body for hand operation of the device adjacent to a surface of the disc to... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4083074 | Multipurpose pipeline pig A multipurpose pig for treating the interior of pipes or for conveying material through a pipeline constructed of a main body portion having a length approximately one and one-half times its diameter with one end of the body portion being cup-shaped and i... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4083075 | Lint pickup device A device for removing litter from rugs, carpets, or floors comprises a housing having an elongated handle connected thereto and a tape cartridge disposed therein, the housing further comprising means for selectively advancing the tape in the cartridge to ... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4083076 | Pipeline pig with longitudinally incompressible member A pipeline pig of the type to be propelled through a pipeline by a pressure gradient in the line to clear accumulations and deposits of sludge, scale and other material from the walls of the pipe. The pig includes an elongated cylindrical foamed elastomer... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4083077 | Hand tool for cleaning fabric A hand tool is constructed for detachable connection to a fluid cleaning machine such as a steam cleaning unit. A hollow head has convexly rounded front and rear edges to promote smooth back and forth sliding motion over fabric. Forward and rearward regio... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4083078 | Toothbrush A toothbrush which has a brush handle, a head on one end of the handle and a resilient, preferably multicellular pad fixed on the brush head. The pad has a concavity of a relatively large area across the pad in the area halfway between the ends of the pad... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4083079 | Vacuum cleaners with nozzle height adjusting mechanisms An upright vacuum cleaner having a suction nozzle at the front of the bottom of the chassis is provided with a nozzle height adjusting mechanism for varying the elevation of the rear wheels relative to the chassis to provide a multiplicity of nozzle heigh... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4083080 | Door closer A device for controlling the movement of a door has a pinion rotatably connected to the door, a rack meshingly engaging with the pinion and connected to a spring device for storing a force therein when the door is moved from its neutral position, and an e... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4083081 | Handle securing device A handle is immobilized on a carrier portion of an article by a handle securing device. The handle has a recess which accommodates the carrier portion. The securing device includes a detent notch provided in the carrier portion and an elongated latch memb... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4083082 | Concealed self-closing hinge for panel door cabinet structure A cabinet structure has side-by-side slab cabinet doors that nearly abut each other. Linkage elements, mounted on the inside, support the doors for a compound pivotal movement whereby the initial opening movement of the door includes a shifting component ... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4083083 | Machine for cutting poultry into selectively variable portions A machine originally constructed for the automatic cutting of fowl, such as chickens or the like, into nine portions can be modified by the selective removal and/or addition of elements to produce fowl cut into any number of symmetrical pairs of portions ... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4083084 | Machine for separating meat from crab shells A crab meat removing machine is described to facilitate separation of crab meat from its exoskeleton or shell. The machine includes a number of specifically located rollers at a discharge end of an elongated belt type conveyor. Crab bodies and crab legs a... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4083085 | Apparatus for blending and paralleling textile fibers Apparatus for blending, paralleling and cleaning fibers such as cotton and synthetics. The apparatus comprises a work roll having its surface covered with metallic wire and an arcuate, metallic wire section cooperating with a portion of the periphery of t... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4083086 | Tightening device for attaching a hose clamp Apparatus for clamping the hose of a nipple including a clamp of the type having a band with interengageable barb means and apertures spaced from one another for accommodating maintenance of the band in a clamping position around a hose. A tightening devi... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4083087 | Flexible pipe clamp assembly A clamp assembly for securing a band about a flexible pipe includes a plurality of substantially U-shaped members clamping the ends of the band together as they are wrapped about pin members having axial undercuts therein. The pins are so disposed that th... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4083088 | Strap connector buckle A strap connector buckle formed from a single piece of wire includes spaced pairs of strap engaging arms and means to prevent spreading apart of said arms under tension forces exerted by the strap. In one version, a bend or elbow portion in the wire trans... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4083089 | Sliding clasp fastener A sliding clasp fastener having an adapter web member capable of attaching the fastener to a more rigid material than a stringer tape of the fastener. A pair of fastener stringers each have a stringer tape carrying on and along one longitudinal edge a row... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4083090 | Non-marking seam in screen used for manufacture of nonwoven fabric A seam of two ends of a rigid screen of interwoven longitudinal and transverse wires is made by butting and fusing together longitudinal wire ends at each end of the screen at the crossovers of the longitudinal wire ends with an adjacent pair of transvers... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4083091 | Method for developing bulk in a strand of synthetic textile yarn A strand of synthetic textile yarn is fed continuously in a relaxed condition downwardly through a bulking chamber having a series of vertically spaced successive baffle plates with adjacent baffle plates extending from opposite sides of the chamber and a... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4083092 | Sleeved organic rubber pressure rolls A pressure roll for use in a roll fuser for fixing toner images to copy sheets by the application of heat and pressure, is described. The roll is characterized by a rigid core covered with a relatively thick layer of organic rubber with a relatively thinn... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4083093 | Multiple material solar panel and method and apparatus for manufacturing the same A method is provided for fabricating a solar panel of different interior and exterior materials to utilize the structural and heat absorbing properties of the exterior material and the corrosion resistance of the interior material. The materials are intim... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4083094 | Gear tooth alignment by accommodation Apparatus and method for gear tooth alignment by accommodation in more than one stage gear cluster assembly. This arrangement essentially isolates the mass of one gear member in a cluster assembly from that of the other and makes the effective mass at the... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4083095 | Process for cutting and assembling multiple paneled toy constructions A method for manufacture of bag-like toy constructions assembled from individual vinyl panels. Designs, comprising the artwork on each individual panel, are printed continuously on vinyl sheets in precisely reproducible and spaced sequence. Each vinyl she... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4083096 | Insulated wire stripping method A device for continuously stripping the insulation off of electrical wires, particularly solid conductors as opposed to stranded conductors, for the re-cycling thereof in the manufacturing process, including an initial cutting section and a subsequent str... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4083097 | Method of making encapsulated solar cell modules Electrical connections to solar cells in a module are made at the same time the cells are encapsulated for protection. The encapsulating material is embossed to facilitate the positioning of the cells during assembly.... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4083098 | Method of manufacturing electronic devices A method of manufacturing an electronic device, comprising a plurality of closely spaced conductive layers on a substrate, said method comprising the steps of depositing said substrate a layer of polycrystalline semiconductor material, providing at least ... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4083099 | Manufacture of a twisted nematic field effect mode liquid crystal display cell A transparent insulating film having a low adsorption characteristic of organic elements such as silicon dioxide is formed on a glass substrate carrying transparent electrodes formed thereon. The surface of the transparent insulating film is rubbed to for... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4083100 | Method of manufacturing a keyboard assembly An improved method is disclosed for manufacturing a keyswitch assembly which includes a plurality of switches in a predefined arrangement on the face of an insulative circuit board and which also has a protective, insulative coating over the switches and ... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4083101 | Tool for installing individual pins in printed circuit board A tool set for installing and removing individual connector pins mounted in an electrical circuit board and the like and within a connector housing wherein the pin to be removed or installed is part of a row of pin pairs enclosed within a housing. A pin i... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4083102 | Vibratory razor with adjustable guards A battery operated razor comprises: (a) a handle in the form of a stem, a battery in the stem, a battery operated motor in the stem, and means displaceable by the motor in the stem in response to battery energization of the motor to produce vibration, and... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4083103 | Adjustable safety razor Razor having a head for holding a blade, a tubular handle having an upper end near the head and a lower end remote from the head, a first shaft within the handle, a first gear fixed to the upper end of the first shaft, a second shaft fixed to the head, a ... | 04/11/1978 |
