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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4096589 | Adjustable eye shade An adjustable eye shade is provided which includes a headband and detachable visor element. The detachable visor element and headband are provided with hook and loop connecting elements secured at cooperative edge portions which may be selectively interen... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096590 | Collapsible hat A snap brim hat is disclosed which has a crown, a brim assembly and tie straps. The brim assembly is manipulable between a pair of stable configurations. The brim assembly defines a sinuously configured brim periphery and includes an annular brim member f... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096591 | Dual flush valve A flush valve system for use in a flushing tank of a toilet has a pair of valve seats arranged at different levels within the tank. Valve elements normally blocking the valve seats are operated by a trip mechanism so as to unblock the valve seats independ... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096592 | Composting toilet An improved composting toilet comprising a casing member having therein a waste pile platform with means for the entry of heated air therein and vent means therefrom, incorporating an air bypass tube for passage of air from below the waste pile platform a... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096593 | Toilet bowl dispenser Improved dispenser assembly for controlled release of bactericidal, detergent and aromatic agents upon flushing, which dispenser clips onto the upper edge of a toilet bowl. The assembly is specially adapted to bring a solid type deodorant/disinfectant cak... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096594 | Mattress device A channel formed through a mattress provides a pair of spaced mattresses, which, together with the channel, form a mattress having a top and sides. A pan is removably positioned in the channel for collecting liquids. The pan is positioned at a pitch in a ... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096595 | Mattresses and method for producing mattresses Mattress constructions and apparatus for producing the constructions wherein a resilient filler is located in a hopper and a flexible mattress cover is positioned for communication with the open end of the hopper. Means are provided for driving the filler... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096596 | Furniture deck edging A furniture deck edging strip providing for pillow retention, cushioning and wear protection between the wire or other structural elements of a furniture deck, at the edges of the top load surface of the deck, and padding layers applied over the deck in t... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096597 | Drain opening device An apparatus for opening clogged water drains by the force of a high speed water jet. The water is propelled by the manual operation of telescoping two cylinders together thereby reducing their volume. The water-filled cylinders are effectively sealed by ... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096598 | Selected depth mooring system A selected depth mooring system, such as a sensor package or mine, deployable to and maintainable at a precise depth relative to the surface. A cylindrical housing of flotation, submersible and anchor units connected in tandem are sequentially separated a... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096599 | Brush retention means for floor treating machines A floor treating machine of the rotary brush type in which the or each brush is provided with an upstanding boss slidably mounted in or on a brush retaining element, and spring clip means for preventing inadvertent removal of the brush from the brush reta... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096600 | Friction curtain apparatus The friction curtain apparatus is for washing a motor vehicle which is moved through an opening in the frame of the apparatus having a longitudinally extending axis between the opening's entrance and exit. A least a pair of swingable scrubbing units are p... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096601 | Cleaning apparatus for carpets, upholstery and the like A cleaning apparatus for carpets, upholstery and the like in which a housing is displaceable along the surface to be cleaned and is provided with a motor-driven suction device, a foam-applying device and a pulsating scrubbing (massaging) device, the latte... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096602 | Dryer door stop assembly An arcuate door stop for use in limiting the opening of the door on a clothes dryer or other appliance having a similar type of downwardly pivoting access door, has an arcuate link pivotally secured, near one end, to the door and a plurality of detents sp... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096603 | Drawer pull and label holder A detachable pull and label holder for a drawer front panel includes a U-member and a pull means and label holder means on the outer surface of one leg thereof. A suitable drawer front panel is multi-layered with the outermost layers attached or secured a... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096604 | Hinge mechanism A hinge mechanism for hingeably connecting a lid to a housing comprising at least one pair of pivotably interconnected links coupled to the lid and the housing, respectively, and a connecting link provided with a pin slideable in a curved slot provided in... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096605 | Lacing device for ski boots In the lacing device for ski boots the lacing members (either one or both of them) are mounted on a U-shaped carrier plate the legs of which slidably engage side grooves provided on an anchoring guide element on the ski boot. On the same carrier plate the... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096606 | Ferrule buckle with sliding release button A safety buckle and tongue combination requiring a minimal effort to unlatch, even under conditions of great stress, yet having a high degree of strength and reliability. The tongue is accepted by the slotted end of a ferrule, and latching is accomplished... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096607 | Snap fastening device A piston hank has an openable loop which is defined by a substantially U-shaped portion of a fastener body and part of a closure link which is pivotally connected to the fastener body. In a locked position, the closure link bridges the shanks of the U-sha... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096608 | Drill string holder A drill string holder for a rock drilling machine has two jaws opposite each other for gripping a drill string, e.g. the drill string in core drilling with a diamond drill bit. The jaws are forced into their gripping positions by means of a heavy spring. ... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096609 | Process for making stretch fabric capable of course count control upon heat setting Course count control during heat setting of stretchable warp knit fabric is provided by selvedge knitted with the fabric and along its edges, the selvedge having a predetermined lesser stretchability than that of the fabric to serve as a limit stop to the... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096610 | Method of knitting a velour fabric A knitted velour fabric is made by knitting a ground fabric and knitting velour threads on to the ground fabric. Each velour thread is formed as a series of elongated loops knitted into the ground fabric only at their bases. Stitches of soluble yarn are k... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096611 | Apparatus for moistening and texturing yarns Apparatus for moistening and texturing yarns is described wherein yarns travel side-by-side over a surface into which bores, one for each yarn, open. Water under low pressure is delivered through the bores, the diameters of which are so adapted to the tit... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096612 | Jet for fluid texturing yarn A self-stringing jet device for fluid texturing of yarn has a yarn needle mounted in the jet body through which yarn passes to the outlet end of the jet. There is a high efficiency venturi located in the passage of the yarn needle to facilitate stringup.... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096613 | Cutting tool A cutting tool which may comprise: an elongated bar member; an anvil member removably fastened to one end of the bar member and having an elongated recess in which a cutting insert may be received for rigid mounting between the anvil and bar members and f... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096614 | Method and apparatus for removing stator vanes A stator vane is removed from an arcuate casing by placing a conforming mold over the vane airfoil with portions thereof extending axially on either side of the airfoil to provide driving surfaces, and repetitiously imparting a precisely directed impact t... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096615 | Turbine rotor fabrication A method for manufacturing a hybrid, dual property turbine wheel assembly comprising the steps of preforming a blade element and separate support ring of a supperalloy material and locating the blades in support slots in the outer diameter of the support ... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096616 | Method of manufacturing a concentric tube heat exchanger A method is provided for manufacturing a concentric-tube heat exchanger which includes at least a pair of concentric tubes disposed one within the other to form an annular longitudinally extending flow channel in which a plurality of heat transfer promoti... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096617 | Axle pulling means Structure for use in manipulating an axle such as during installation in and removal thereof from a vehicle drive assembly. The structure includes a construction at one end of the drive axle arranged to be received in a socket end portion of a puller tool... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096618 | Hand tool for fastening and unfastening snap fasteners A hand tool for fastening and unfastening snap fasteners includes a handle and a tool element fixedly secured thereto at one end thereof. The tool element has laterally spaced, co-planar prong members which are adapted to be disposed about the head of a f... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096619 | Semiconductor scribing method This relates to the scribing and breaking of a semiconductor wafer into individual dies by anodizing the silicon in regions corresponding to the die boundaries. The regions are selectively anodized, and the anodization is continued until the anodized sili... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096620 | Method and apparatus for assembling a support base to the bottom of a plastic container A method and apparatus are disclosed for mounting a cup-shaped support base onto a convex bottom of a container. The apparatus includes adjacent wheels mounted for rotation about angularly related, non-parallel axes, so that the wheels are closer to one a... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096621 | Method of concurrently rotating a threaded fastener and deflecting a locking tab A method of selectively controlling the threaded disposition of a threaded element having a portion defining a flat side relative to a member having a complementary threaded means, the flat side of the element extending parallel to the axis of the threade... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096622 | Ion implanted Schottky barrier diode A Schottky barrier diode having a subsurface metalsemiconductor rectifying barrier with electrical rectification properties immune to semiconductor surface contamination. A special ion implantation technique is used to produce a very thin but strongly met... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096623 | Thyristor and method of producing the same A thyristor having current-amplifying auxiliary structures with an auxiliary emitter electrode out of contact with the contact electrode. The auxiliary emitter electrode is formed thinner than the main emitter electrode. The contact electrode is formed by... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096624 | Method of making a variable reluctance A.C. electrical generator A variable reluctance electrical generator is disclosed having a unique structure which, for any given design parameters, tends to maximize air gap areas and thus minimize mmf drops thereacross. The mean magnetic flux paths all generally include a constan... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096625 | Method for interconnecting stator coils A motor stator having a salient pole magnetic core on which are wound coils of conductive wire incorporating an annular printed circuit board having a plurality of radially projecting terminals. The printed circuit board is secured directly to the project... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096626 | Method of making multi-layer photosensitive glass ceramic charge plate A method for fabricating a multi-layer laminated charge plate for an ink jet printer. The charge plate is produced by selectively etched layers of photosensitive glass. By exposure of the photosensitive glass and controlled etching, the intermediate layer... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096627 | Method of forming port hole coaxial connector A coaxial connector is disclosed for simultaneous crimping of the center conductor and outer shield made possible by a port hole design of the connector allowing for visual inspection of the center contact, the center conductor and the insulation layer of... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096628 | Method for maintaining the positioning of electrical elements within a container Electrical devices which include electrical elements positioned within a container are assembled at the manufacturing site and then transported to the erection site by forming the container with openings therein such that transport supports can be inserte... | 06/27/1978 |
