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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4084264 | Batter training safety jacket A safety jacket avoid to protect the batter, particularly a child, from injury to back portions of the body, particularly rib, spinal and kidney injuries.... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4084265 | Protective glove A protective glove consists of two plastic films such as polyethylene welded at the periphery of the glove, whereat at least one of the films has protuberances on one side. At least one film having a thickness in the region of 0.01 to 1.0 mm is made with ... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4084266 | Artificial implant with fiber-flocked blood-contacting surface Blood-contacting surfaces of artificial implant devices which have been flocked with fibers of a blood-compatible polymeric material to promote formation of a stable and viable biological lining when the device has been implanted in a living body, are tre... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4084267 | Drive for an orthosis or a prosthesis A movable limb rehabilitation device such as an orthosis or prosthesis part is connected to a drive by a transmission which converts rotary into linear reciprocatory motion. The transmission includes a cylinder coupled to the drive for rotation therewith ... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4084268 | Prosthetic tissue heart valve A tissue heart valve has a cloth-covered stent which provides several layers of padding over the stent edges and an integral sewing ring while maximizing the internal valve diameter for a given size heart annulus. No edges of the cloth are exposed. A cont... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4084269 | Arrangement for mouldering organic waste material An arrangement for mouldering organic waste material is disclosed, comprising a container in which an inclined path is provided along which waste material supplied to the container may slide under the action of gravity while undergoing a mouldering proces... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4084270 | Freeze proof emergency shower unit A freeze proof emergency shower unit adapted for use outdoors, or within unheated industrial structures, comprising a walled enclosure mounted on a support base. A deluge or drench shower, and, optionally, an emergency eye/face wash fixture, extend outwar... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4084271 | Steam bath device for shower Apparatus for use in a shower stall to simulate a steam bath. In one embodiment the apparatus comprises a diverter valve adapted to be connected between a conventional shower head in the stall and the pipe carrying hot water thereto. A flexible conduit is... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4084272 | Swimming pools with overflow gutters A swimming pool includes an elongated plastic extrusion of channel-shaped configuration forming a gutter for receiving liquid which overflows from the pool. This gutter has an outer upper region connected with a concrete-retaining structure.... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4084273 | Revolvable rockable playpen A revolvable playpen including a hollow body having an open upper end and a bottom. The bottom of the body has an annular extension substantially normal to the wall of the hollow body and secured to the lower under surface of the bottom is a semi-spherica... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4084274 | Turning bed A turning bed which can be tilted mechanically to turn the occupant from side to side, comprising a tilting assembly pivotally secured to a bed frame of known type. The tilting assembly consists of a mattress frame longitudinally divided into at least thr... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4084275 | Cover for a lifting device and method of utilizing same A protective cover for a lifting device which may be rolled to a position under an object to effect lifting thereof, and a method of utilizing the cover. The lifting device is particularly useful in the lifting of human patients as it accomplishes lifting... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4084276 | Swing-away bunk A swing-away bunk is provided with a frame assembly having a mattress affixed thereto. The frame asssembly is suspended on a pair of pivotal sets of links which allow the mattress to swing against the rear wall of a truck cab in a vertical storage positio... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4084277 | Collapsible guard rail An X-ray table has a cassette holder for receiving an X-ray film cassette and releasably retaining it generally adjacent the lower surface of the table top and at least one collapsible guard rail assembly supported for movement between raised and lowered ... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4084278 | High speed transfer A transfer for a forging or forming machine is disclosed in which the transfer assembly is journaled for pivotal rotation about an axis midway between adjacent die stations. The transfer fingers are mounted to extend radially from the pivot axis to grippe... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4084279 | Method of making mudguard style shoe A shoe construction including an upper member preferably divided into two pieces, an upper and a mudguard piece in which the mudguard piece has a pair of depending side portions extending beneath the upper and joined along longitudinal abutting edges betw... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4084280 | Tooth brush A power tooth brush, including a barrel or casing with an electric motor therein. A rotating brush member has a shank fitted in the front end of the barrel with a brush element exposed to the exterior. Sleeve means drivingly interconnects the shank of the... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4084281 | Fluid-powered rotary brush A turbine wheel in the cavity of a turbine housing is driven by liquid, ordinarily water, introduced into the housing through a conduit which can draw the liquid from a reservoir. The turbine wheel is rotatable on a shaft which is attached to the housing ... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4084282 | Rotary brush for removing hair from hair brushes A rotary brush for removing hair from hair brushes having a rotatable shaft upon which the bristles are mounted, a slotted portion extending along the full length of the shaft and a sharpened bladed portion slidably mounted in the slotted portion for cutt... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4084283 | Floor sweeper A dust pan assembly is provided, with the assembly carrying at least one dust pan and the sweeper supporting wheels and axle means. The assembly is mounted beneath the sweeper housing with the ends of the axle means being disposed in horizontal slots adja... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4084284 | Lawn and yard implement A powered lawn and yard implement for removing trash or like material from a lawn or yard and discharging the material into a wheeled pushcart. The implement includes a wheel supported housing to which the wheeled pushcart is releasably connected. A chute... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4084285 | Street sweeper with multi-position gutter brush A street sweeper gutter brush is movable by a ram between an upper inboard retracted position, and a lowered operating position. A suitable linkage connected to the brush permits vertical movement, and a tie rod connecting the sweeper vehicle frame with t... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4084286 | Self-moistening cleaning device A self-moistening cleaning device, particularly for use in cleaning phonograph records and similar objects, comprises an air-tightly closable receptacle in which a cleaning body is normally accommodated. The atmosphere inside the receptacle is saturated w... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4084287 | Scrubber for golf balls A washer device for golf balls and other devices of a similar diameter which includes a toroidal housing open at the center with radially inward exposed sponge and retention surfaces to wet and scrub a ball as it is retained and rotated centrally of the h... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4084288 | Shock absorber for swivel caster A device for use with a bearing construction for a swivel caster mountable on a caster mounting plate and including a yoke having a swivel plate pivotal about a pivot axis. A securing device is provided for securing the yoke to the caster mounting plate. ... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4084289 | Guide rail for sliding panels, doors and the like Two parallel rails for the guidance of rollers or sliders on opposite edges of a panel, door or similar structural component comprise each a pair of elongated, substantially parallel members nestedly interfitted with a longitudinal internal clearance left... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4084290 | Sliding door and window stop A stop for limiting the upward movement of closures such as slidable windows and doors, which stop has a body portion adhesively securable to the frame of said window or door and limiting the upward movement of said window or door within said frame.... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4084291 | Center hinge for top-mount, two-door refrigerator Door mounting structure for reversibly mounting two vertically aligned doors on a cabinet such as a combined refrigerator/freezer. Upper and lower removably mounted hinge pins are disposed at the top and bottom of the cabinet adjacent a first side thereof... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4084292 | Drum skinner A hog carcass skinning apparatus is disclosed including a rotatably mounted and generally vertically positioned drum having an axially oriented ditch opening in its periphery. A clamp is carried by the drum in the ditch for clamping an edge flap of skin o... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4084293 | Fish-beheading machine and process The head of a fish, particularly salmon, is severed from the body by first forcing the blunt rounded tip of a beheading knife against a gill cover to punch the gill cover inward. The beheading knife is moved transversely of the fish and is contoured subst... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4084294 | Fish processing machine In a fish processing machine comprising an endless loading conveyor adapted to convey fish lying on their sides in fish troughs transversely to their longitudinal axis, a feed section having opposed walls forming a V-shape and adapted to advance the fish,... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4084295 | Button A button comprises a button face member; a support plate having a center hole for supporting the face member; a hollow button shank having upper and lower open ends, a constricted neck at its upper portion and a shoulder extending downward from the constr... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4084296 | Method of manufacture of oriented slide fastening element An interlocking element for a slide fastener is provided by substantially laminar flow of synthetic polymer resin through one of a pair of leg portions extending from opposite sides of a head portion of the element, through the head portion, and through t... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4084297 | Slide fastener A slide fastener comprises a pair of coiled coupling rows of synthetic-resin monofilament with each coupling element having a coupling loop or eye formed with a coupling head, a pair of monofilament segments extending away from the head, and connecting sh... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4084298 | Closure for safety belts A closure, or latch, especially for passenger seat belts in which a housing on the end of one belt portion has a slot for reciving a tongue on a member on the other belt portion. Within the housing are roller bodies engaging each other and spring biased t... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4084299 | Plastic clip A plastic clip comprising an upper clip member, a lower clip member, an operative member and a resilient member, in which the upper clip member is provided with a pair of outwardly extended supporting portions each having a bearing portion, while the lowe... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4084300 | Automatic tool changing method and apparatus New and old tools are changed by loosening or fastening a chuck mounted on a main spindle gripping or releasing the new and old tools and rotating and indexing a tool storage magazine in which a multiplicity of tools are stored, without requiring an exclu... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4084301 | Trolley rail assembly Apparatus is supported by one end of a line of rails for feeding metal bars from a coil lengthwise into parallel longitudinal slots in the rails to form continuous straight electrical conductors. The feeding apparatus includes a plurality of staggered str... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4084302 | Method of manufacturing, for a paper machine or the like, a roll having a grooved exterior surface A method of manufacturing, for a paper machine or the like, a roll which has a grooved exterior surface. An elongated strip is wound onto the exterior cylindrical surface of an inner roll body, this strip being initially straight and being curved when wou... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4084303 | Forming roll for rolling cylindrical bodies from cylindrical rod stock, and a method of making the same An improved forming roll for forming cylindrical metal slugs from cylindrical rod stock is characterized in that the roll has a helical groove defined by a rib the radial height of which and the axial dimension of which increase along the length of the ro... | 04/18/1978 |
