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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4117832 | Solar energy collector A solar energy collector has members exposed to the sun to collect heat from the sun's rays and has at least one fluid carrying conduit in heat exchange relationship with the members. Heat energy collected by the members is transferred by conduction to th... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117833 | Exhaust hood with adjustable air injection nozzle An exhaust hood for kitchens, spray booths, etc., is provided with an air intake plenum having a nozzle spout which is adjustable to inject air from the plenum into the hood on selectively different injection paths. The nozzle spout desirably has an adjus... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117834 | Physiological motor activity monitoring apparatus A combination of modular devices in capsule form adapted to be worn on the person, as with a watchband or belt, for detecting and accumulating the occurrence of specific physiological events and to alert the wearer upon the occurrence of a predetermined n... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117835 | Method and apparatus for blood pressure measurements A method and apparatus for making blood pressure measurements is disclosed particularly adapted to automated measurements of systolic and diastolic blood pressure values. The method includes detecting the rate of change of pressure values existing in an i... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117836 | Catheter for selective coronary arteriography of the left coronary artery A catheter for selective coronary arteriography of the left coronary artery, which catheter comprises a main part and an end section which latter comprises by turn from the main part a slightly curved part, a first short strongly curved part, a straight p... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117837 | Monopiece face mask for beauty treatment A monopiece face mask for beauty treatment includes a sheet which is stretchable in all directions and is impermeable, which is shaped according to the head of a human being and which covers the head up to the neck with the exception of the cranial cavity... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117838 | Intrauterine contraceptive device An intrauterine contraceptive device (IUD) is provided for placement in the frontal plane of the upper uterine segment. The IUD comprises a member formed of flexible material and having a central portion, with a pair of upper arms extending outwardly and ... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117839 | Intrauterine device An intrauterine device providing a membrane to cover substantially the entire surface of the uterine cavity, said device having a Y- and or V-shaped resilient member with two diverging arms, a membrane covering the entire area between the diverging arms a... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117840 | Pediatric restraint garment A garment for restraining movement of a wearer, particularly a pediatric patient, and for securing the wearer to a bed, lounge chair, chair, or other body supporting structure, the invention comprises a one piece flexible body panel having an aperture cen... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117841 | Medicated bandage pocket A self-contained medicated bandage adhesive strip that has a rupturable pocket confining a quantity of suitable medicament and a self-contained means for rupturing the pocket.... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117842 | Treatment of conjunctivitis with powdered aluminum and eye protector/applicator Powdered aluminum aids in the treatment of, the alleviation of suffering during and the relief from conjunctivitis. When administered to the eye of an animal afflicted with croupous or membranous conjunctivitis, powdered aluminum assists in breaking down ... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117843 | Surgical operating system with upper pressure limit A system for controlling the infusion of fluid to an operating field at a selected predetermined pressure, as a counterpart to an instrument for severing material of an object in the field, and for evacuating through a passage the severed material from th... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117844 | Device for dispensing medicaments An inhalation device by which powdered medicaments can be self-administered to a patient comprising a chamber arranged to receive a capsule containing the powdered medicament. At least one air inlet aperture leading into the chamber. A nozzle through whic... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117845 | Bed urinal apparatus A conventional cylindrically shaped bed urinal is modified to include an outlet which is conncted by flexible tubing to a collecting vessel positioned below the bed of a bedridden non-ambulatory male patient. Attachment means such as cloth straps are prov... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117846 | Skin conducting electrode and electrode assembly A disposable skin conducting electrode assembly and electrode therefor for use on a patient wherein the electrode assembly comprises an electrolyte pad, an electrode and an adhesive pad. In one embodiment of the invention the electrode is a thin stainless... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117847 | Colon catheter Improvements in a colon catheter for removing waste colon material, said catheter of the type having a hollow main tube insertable into the anal opening and held therein by an inflatable member located within the anal opening and limiting elements located... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117848 | Cardiac instrumentation apparatus with pacer diagnostics In an EKG monitor capable of monitoring the stimulation pulse of a heart pacer, the inclusion of means for determining the polarity of the pacer pulse detected in the ECG signal and then for generating a standardized pacer pulse signal of the same polarit... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117849 | Rotary combine Swathed grain is picked up by a conventional pick-up and fed into the side of one end of a transversly situated rotary impeller assembly which moves the crop in a spiral motion against threshing grates on the lower portion and spiral fins on the upper por... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117850 | Smoking mixtures A smoking material comprising smoke-producing fuel, fortifying nicotine, calcium and/or magnesium carbonate as incombustible filler, at least one water-soluble salt selected to inhibit dissolution of the calcium and/or magnesium carbonate in water, and a ... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117851 | Tobacco rod forming apparatus in cigarette makers In a cigarette maker, improved means for condensing a shower of cut tobacco and for transferring the condensed cut tobacco on to a moving suction tape to form a tobacco rod or braid without sudden and severe changes in speed and direction when the cut tob... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117852 | Method and apparatus for reclaiming tobacco from cigarettes The present invention relates to reclaiming tobacco and paper from cigarettes. The apparatus of the invention entails a structural frame which carries a hopper intended to temporarily store a supply of cigarettes. Suitable conveying means connected to the... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117853 | Film-forming vinyl acetate copolymerizates in an improved process for setting hair and as hair setting agents An improvement in the process of setting hair comprising applying a film of a vinyl acetate copolymerizate consisting essentially of (a) from 65% to 80% by weight of vinyl acetate units, (b) from 10% to 20% by weight of units of a maleic acid diester with a st... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117854 | Electric manicure An electric manicure includes a hand-held or table-supported housing enclosing a motor and a power-driven grinding disc for fingernail trimming. A touch-plate having a slot-like opening for insertion of a fingernail forms part of the housing enclosure in ... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117855 | Washing machine for industrial parts A square base with upright side walls and a flat top wall defining a large circular opening has an upstanding ring spaced concentrically around the opening. A cylindrical hood open at the bottom fits within the ring and is pivotally connected to the top o... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117856 | Frostproof backflow preventer A backflow preventer in a fluid conduit permits flow from the inlet to the outlet of the preventer when the inlet is pressurized and prevents reverse flow upon termination of flow through the preventer. An apertured diaphragm between the inlet and outlet ... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117857 | Fuel control system for a prime mover The flow rate of fuel to a gas turbine engine is controlled by a pivoted flapper valve which lacks the ability to shut off all flow of fuel to the engine. A secondary valve comensates for the inability of the flapper valve and shuts off the fuel flow when... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117858 | Flapper type spout assembly There are disclosed herein spout assemblies, such as tub spouts or the like, for use in a fluid system employing a diverter valve and a shower head or the like. Most of the parts of the assemblies may be made of plastic, and include a spout body having in... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117859 | Valve A valve with a tubular valve body having two axially deformable bellows disposed between two flanges and flanking an annular seat which is movable axially of the body to thereby change the effective cross-sectional area of an annular passage between its i... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117860 | Pressure differential flow retardant valve The invention is a flow delay valve to be used in conjunction with fire fighting and attaches to the fire hydrant so that as the fire truck proceeds to unroll hose on the way to the fire site the hose is filled slowly due to the action of the delay valve,... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117861 | Control and selector unit for dental handpieces A control and selector unit for a dental handpiece is provided of the high pressure air driven type. The control and selector unit includes a bracket for supporting a handpiece, and a resilient metal strip having a free end extending into the bracket. The... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117862 | Pressure compensated control valve A pressure compensating valve spool assembly for a hydraulic flow control valve the spool assembly being slidably positioned in the central bore of a valve housing for movement from a neutral position wherein fluid will flow through the valve assembly to ... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117863 | Control device for operation by the mouth of a handicapped person The invention relates to detecting or control devices for the control of utilization circuits particularly by handicapped persons who can move only their jaws. By squeezing action of the mouth, signal lines in a pressurized fluid deformable control member... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117864 | Power steering control valve A power steering control device includes a housing for receiving an input member and an output member which are rotatably disposed within a valve sleeve sealingly engaging the housing. The input member, output member and valve sleeve include axially align... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117865 | Air over oil high pressure modulating valve An air over oil high pressure modulating valve comprising dual acting valve members wherein one of said valves is responsive to air pressure acting thereon for opening the other of said valves for directing controlled hydraulic fluid pressure to a brake a... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117866 | Hollow body and method of making the same A hollow body, especially a pressure vessel, which includes two hollow outer parts abutting with annular end faces against each other, which define together a substantially V-shaped groove ending at its apex short of the inner surfaces of the outer parts.... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117867 | High pressure hose composed of elastomers and embedded reinforcements High pressure hose made of elastomers and reinforcing inserts having an inside diameter greater than 50 mm and a unit construction in the longitudinal direction of any desired length of at least 100 m. Such high pressure hoses made by continuously constru... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117868 | Refractory lined cylindrical article A refractory lined cylinder or tube is produced by causing an aluminothermic reduction reaction therein, such that the metallic reaction product forms a layer within the cylinder and the slag reaction product forms a second layer overlying the first layer... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117869 | Oil mist lubricated textile machine and method An apparatus and method for reducing contamination of areas ambient to a textile machine such as a machine having fabric forming instrumentalities for forming textile strand materials into fabric and a lubrication system for the fabric forming instrumenta... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117870 | Weft yarn sensor The presence and absence of an inserted weft yarn are sensed respectively by, in moving a sensor body having an aperture opening externally of the body and two contacts located in the aperture and engaged with each other by an elastic force from a first p... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4117871 | Yarn clamp for a weaving machine At least one of the clamping surfaces of the yarn clamp is provided with a recess which extends longitudinally of the clamping jaws and along the yarn path. The recess is of a depth, at most, equal to the yarn thickness so as to ensure a reliable engageme... | 10/03/1978 |
