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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4107795 | Self-contained comfort station The preferred embodiment of the invention disclosed in this application includes a building module having at least one compartment therein in which is contained a toilet system for bacteriologically breaking down solid waste and paper to provide a relativ... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4107796 | Flush tank system A flush tank system includes an elongated tank supported at the opposite ends thereof by a pair of arcuate-shaped rockers which rest on the upper surfaces of a pair of support frames. The tank normally assumes an upright position with one of a pair of rel... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4107797 | Mattress suspension system A mattress suspension system is attachable to a horizontally oriented deck of a vehicle for substantially reducing the amplitude of fore-and-aft excursions and of up and down excursions which are transmitted by the vehicle to an individual reclining on a ... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4107798 | Self-contained toilet A self-contained toilet comprising a collecting tank, means for rinsing the interior of the collecting tank including a rinsing manifold, a rinsing conduit, and a check valve operatively connecting the rinsing manifold and rinsing conduit, and means for p... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4107799 | Waterbed and frame with pliant supporting sides A waterbed is disclosed which has a frame with a self-supporting bulkhead forming a safety lining. The bulkhead comprises two connected wedge-shaped members which are made of pliant material, and are held in place by a resilient membrane. A base member is... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4107800 | Combination drilling and wrenching tool An improvement in a screw setting implement of the type incorporated in a combination drilling and driving tool which includes a sleeve surrounding screw head-receiving, torque-inducing surfaces. The sleeve forms an axial recess extending outwardly from t... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4107801 | Loop length correction of spirally set textile fabric in processing apparatus A method of correcting individual loop lengths of a spirally looped textile fabric in a processing apparatus comprises the steps of: connecting a leader cloth having detectable portions spaced apart by a predetermined distance commensurate with an ideal l... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4107802 | Apparatus for releasing submerged floats Apparatus for the release of submerged floats, characterized in that the float is connected to the structure it is intended to support by at least one opening collar which can be kept closed by a locking mechanism capable of being remotely controlled.... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4107803 | Sea terminal A sea terminal having compartments for storage of fluids and adapted for the transfer of the fluids between the compartments and a ship. The sea terminal is constructed to eliminate the need for swivel hose connections as the ship swings in relation to th... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4107804 | Wave motion isolator between buoy and cable-suspended instrumentation package A wave motion isolator for use in suspending a submersible instrument package from a surface buoy by a cable payed out from a pack attached to the instrumentation package. The isolator is comprised of a spring-powered spool which turns on an axle rigidly ... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4107805 | Rivet making method and rivet Rivet has a high strength body and a metallurgically bonded cladding that provides corrosion resistance. Clad wire is fed to rivet header which is dimensioned so that, when heading die strikes, hydro-dynamic flow of the cladding correctly distributes the ... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4107806 | Anchoring device This invention relates to an anchoring device to be contained within and cemented into a cavity formed in a surfboard, this device comprising a housing having a recessed and an axially rotatable post, the post having an exposed end which is adapted for th... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4107807 | Portable tack cleaning machine A portable, tack cleaning machine having a housing which supports a horizontally-mounted rotary, cylindrical feeder-brush at least partially immersed in a cleaning fluid tank located in the bottom of the housing, and a rotary, scrubbing brush vertically m... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4107808 | Device for preparing the cleaning of carpet floors An apparatus for loosening-up the walked-down nap of a carpet has a carrier that rides on rollers on the carpet and which is provided with a pair of brushes spaced apart in the displacement direction. Each brush has an elastic bed for a multiplicity of wi... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4107809 | Corner sweeping brush disposed on a floor sweeper A floor sweeper is provided. The sweeper includes a frame having a corner portion. A hub member is mounted at the corner portion for rotation about an upright axis which is inclined to the horizontal. The hub has a circumferential side face and an undersi... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4107810 | Magnetic disc cleaning machine This invention relates to a machine for cleaning magnetic discs. The machine is specifically adapted for removing dirt, dust, oils and other undesirable contamination from magnetic disc surfaces and comprises a housing having means for receiving the magne... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4107811 | Tacky floor mat with improved peeling provision An improved tacky floor mat for removing loose particles of dirt, dust and the like coming in contact therewith from shoes, wheels, etc. The floor mat includes a stack of adhered, peelable sheets with a layer of adhesive on the upper surface of each sheet... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4107812 | Squeegee with moisture removing means A squeegee has a handle, and includes an elongated blade holder disposed transverse thereto; the blade holder is formed with an elongated recess of T-shaped cross-section into which an elongated blade, having a matching T-shaped projection, fits, so that ... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4107813 | Wax-stripper and applicator device A wax-stripper and applicator device that is used in combination with well-known automatic scrubbing machines for cleaning large floor areas, the stripper and applicator device being arranged to be removably mounted to the front portion of the automatic s... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4107814 | Windshield wiper construction A windshield wiper construction adapted to provide for longitudinal sliding or shifting movement between the wiper element and associated flexor member relative to the associated superstructure and wiper arm, whereby to accommodate for variations in winds... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4107815 | Tray having paint transfer roller for pad painters Paint applicator means for applying paint to a pad painter, comprising a conventional paint tray, a paint transfer roller, and mounting means for rotatably supporting the paint transfer roller on the conventional paint tray in partial immersion in the pai... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4107816 | Cleaning heads This invention relates to a cleaning head and, more particularly, to a cleaning head traversable across a floor surface to direct a jet of cleaning water onto the surface.... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4107817 | Swivel assembly An improved swivel assembly for a shopping cart, stroller or the like. The swivel assembly comprises a yoke having a vertically extending opening therethrough into which an end of a cart leg or the like is journaled for rotation of the swivel assembly aro... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4107818 | Animal euthanasia A method of euthanasia for small animals, particularly cats, involving inducing hypoxia using a mixture of carbon dioxide and oxygen prior to gassing with carbon dioxide. The initial mixture contains not less than 40% carbon dioxide and not more than 50% ... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4107819 | Hand-held, electrically operated fish scaler A hand-held, electrically operated fish scaler includes a motor driven descaling tool which defines teeth having scraping edges especially arranged with respect to one another and to the axis of the descaling tool. The descaling tool includes a shank whic... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4107820 | Device for opening and mixing fiber bales A device for opening and mixing fibers according to a predetermined mixture ratio with a pincer-like gripper device. A carriage transports the pincer-like gripper pass bales of different fibers so that the pincer-like gripper device can remove fibers from... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4107821 | Drawing device for sliver In a drawing device for sliver comprising two endless moving elements having cooperating working runs between which the sliver passes, at least one of the elements is constituted by a plurality of bars extending between a pair of parallel carriers (e.g. c... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4107822 | Process for making a batt of modified basis weight profile and lengthwise uniformity A batt is produced by cross lapping a web onto a conveyor moving laterally to the direction of web laydown to form partially overlapping folds. The length of the cross lapping motion is varied in a programmed cycle to produce a modified basis weight profi... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4107823 | Belt holding clips, particularly for keys, tools and the like An elongated unitary loop element of resilient material and made of an essentially flat strap is bent into a flattened loop with two overlapping end portions. The overlapping end portions overlap by a distance which is at least in the order of about of th... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4107824 | Clamping collar The collar comprises a wire of elastically yieldable material forming a coil. Two opposite end portions of the coil each comprise hooking means and, between the coil and the hooking means, an intermediate bent portion. The curvature of each bent portion i... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4107825 | Tag line and butt hook constructions A plurality of butt hooks are secured to a tag line and receive ferrules on the tag line in positions blocking release passages in the butt hooks through which nubbins on the ends of choker lines must be moved to release the choker lines from the butt hoo... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4107826 | Flexible covering anchor A two-piece assembly is provided for attaching sheet material, such as polyethylene film, to greenhouses and the like. An elongated base member is secured to a support and includes a channel longitudinally therealong for receiving a portion of the sheet m... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4107827 | Apparatus for producing synthetic fibers A method of producing threads and fibers of synthetic materials uses a cylindrically-shaped body of the synthetic material which is allowed to rotate against a scratching tool and a peeling knife arranged to follow the scratching tool in the direction of ... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4107828 | Yarn treating jet A jet device for fluid texturing yarn has a yarn needle mounted in the jet body through which yarn passes to the outlet end of the jet. Pressurized air enters a chamber surrounding the needle through a stream forming restriction which is angled to direct ... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4107829 | Method of manufacturing seat cushions In a method of manufacturing a permeable seat cushion, a permeable fabric material is pressed between a pair of dies while being heated and wetted with steam to render the fabric temporarily unpermeable to provide a seat covering of bag-like structure. A ... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4107830 | Rolling pin construction A pastry roller which is terete rather than cylindrical in outline, being of greater diameter centrally than at its ends, so that its configuration from end to end comprises a smooth convex curved surface, the curvature of which need not be everywhere the... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4107831 | Pressure roller Pressure roller with a non-rotatably mounted axial support about which a roller shell can rotate which is supported in a supporting plane on the support by hydrostatic supporting elements and is mounted to be rotatable and is guided axially and also radia... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4107832 | Method for winding spiral fins onto oval tubing A method and device for producing finned heat transfer tubing of oval cross section by winding one or more continuous metal strips around the tubing in the form of spiral fins, the contact edge of the metal strip being shaped prior to winding to present a... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4107833 | Structural support for a refrigerator A refrigerator structural support is provided by permitting polyurethane foam reactant material to impregnate a body of fibrous material and to subsequently harden. The result is a third material having desirable stiffening and support characteristics. Va... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4107834 | Capacitors with minimum ESR and method of making the same Correlated electrolytic capacitors having a standard diameter and a method for producing the same in which each capacitor has a constant foil length providing operation at a standard frequency with an equivalent series resistance not appreciably in excess... | 08/22/1978 |
