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"To place a man in a multi-stage rocket and project him into the controlling gravitational field of the moon where the passengers can make scientific observations, perhaps land alive, and then return to earth--all that constitutes a wild dream worthy of Jules Verne. I am bold enough to say that such a man-made voyage will never occur regardless of all future advances."
Lee deForest, American radio pioneer ; 1957
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4118802 | Disposable hooded garment Disposable hooded garments are made from thin, rectangular shells comprising two layers of plastic or paper fabric which are sealed along two opposite edges. Combinations of sealed, scored, and rendable lines are formed in one or both layers of the materi... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4118803 | Collar stay system Improved collar stay system, including a collar stay which engages with the tip of the collar at one end and a hinge member provided on a collar of a shirt. The hinge member is arranged and configured to engage with and hold the other end of the collar st... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4118804 | Suspender ends A suspender end adapted for use in a suspender set is disclosed. The suspender end comprises an elongated strip of flexible material having a middle portion and two end portions, each end portion of the strip including a fastening means, and a releasable ... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4118805 | Artificial sphincter An improved artificial sphincter for occluding a duct. The basic sphincter includes means to increase the occlusive force about the duct and means to control the increase of such occlusive force. To protect the duct from excessive or damaging occlusion th... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4118806 | Prosthetic blood vessel A rigid prosthetic blood vessel includes a plurality of interchangeable tubular sections. Various sections are straight and curved and have common interconnection means including both fixed and rotatable joints. End structures are included for connecting ... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4118807 | Minnow dipper A minnow dipper having a handle, a funnel portion and a tubular member defining a minnow receiving chamber is disclosed. An axially extending side opening is formed in the tubular member intermediate open and terminal end portions thereby defining a hooki... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4118808 | Intra-ocular lens An improved lens implant for use in ophthalmological surgery, the lens being a replacement for a cataract-clouded natural lens, and the replacement being installed in the pupil at the iris as the operative step following removal of the cataracted lens. Th... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4118809 | Swimming pool structure and method of erecting the same A non-corrosive swimming pool structure for erection above or below ground level. The swimming pool structure includes wall sections, braces, stakes, fasteners for connecting the wall sections together and the braces to the wall sections, and fasteners fo... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4118810 | Portable chair tub A portable bathing device comprises a body compartment having four sides and a bottom and having an open top. The body compartment includes a built-in seat, and has an L-shaped door in one side adjacent the seat with the wider port of the door at the top ... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4118811 | Device for inclining the supporting surface of a reclining furniture A piece of furniture adapted to support a person in a reclining position includes a base and a mattress support that may be tilted on the base about an axis near the head end of the support. The position of the foot end and the resulting inclination of th... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4118812 | Child separating and support device A child separating and support device for a seat of a vehicle includes a first side support member, a second side support member and a shelf member. The first and second side support members are joined to each other along a common top edge and diverging f... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4118813 | Sleep training pillow for the prevention of snoring An improved sleep training pillow designed to train a person to sleep in a position to prevent snoring, the sleep training pillow comprising a head support platform that has a pillow support surface and a face support surface. The face support surface has... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4118814 | Manufacture of boat hulls and other hollow articles A boat hull is made by winding a layer of glass-fibre around a male mould, winding a layer of foam sandwich material on top of the glassfibre, and then winding a second layer of glassfibre on top of the foam.... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4118815 | Automatic toe forming machine for shoes, in particular dancing and gymnastics shoes This invention relates to an automatic toe forming machine for shoes, in particular shoes designed for dancers and gymnasts. The machine according to the invention comprises a last holding assembly, a first assembly of mechanical fingers movable to a work... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4118816 | Crossover or bridge A crossover or bridge for shipment as a compact unit for assembly at an installation site comprising a bridge section and a pair of stairways for connection with opposite ends of the bridge section. The bridge section is disposed in an elevated position r... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4118817 | Telescopic tow guard for a dock board A toe guard is provided for a pivotable dock board in which the toe guard includes two relatively telescopically mounted plates for increasing the vertical height of protection at each side of the dock board. A dock board to which the present invention is... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4118818 | Apparatus for cleaning the lower portion of shoes Apparatus for quickly and easily removing the soil from the lower portions of shoes by means of powered brushes adapted to the contours of the shoe and including means for self-cleaning the brushes and collecting the soil.... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4118819 | Floor treating machines A floor treating machine of the single rotary brush type having a handle and a motor both laterally offset from the axis of rotation of the brush in a direction to impart a tilting couple opposed to that arising from operator forces counteracting the reac... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4118820 | Car washing apparatus with long shallow angle side brush A side brush arrangement for a car wash including parallel-mounted primary and secondary brushes rotating in opposite directions. The brushes are inclined at an attitude of about 20° from the horizontal away from the direction from which the vehicle appr... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4118821 | Device for cleaning soldering iron tips The invention is a tip cleaning device especially designed for use with small or miniature soldering irons. It consists of a low profile case forming a self-contained water well with a shaft for supporting a wiping sponge having a central aperture of a si... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4118822 | Louvered window cleaner A louvered window cleaning device. The device comprises a handle, and two sets of holders extend laterally in opposite directions from the handle. Absorbent pads or strips are clamped within the holders of one set and the pads are spaced apart to define a... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4118823 | Hair brush A hair brush having bristles extending from openings extending through a cushion on the base of the hair brush is disclosed. The openings allow a flow of air from a hand-held hair dryer or blower to reach the hair and scalp during brushing. The brush has ... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4118824 | Applicator having insertable sponge cartridge A lotion applicator comprising a handle terminating in a mount supporting a sponge is disclosed herein. The mount is removable from the handle for alternative direct manual grasping. In addition, the sponge itself is secured to a channel support segment w... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4118825 | Connector assembly for windshield wipers A connector assembly for operatively connecting a windshield wiper arm to the superstructure of an associated wiper blade having a yoke member comprising a pair of spaced apart side sections and intermediate web section, the connector assembly including a... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4118826 | Mobile blower unit for leaves and other debris An internal combustion engine is mounted on a frame supported by a set of wheels and has a shaft connected to drive a blower impeller. An annular plate is mounted on the engine surrounding the engine shaft, and a blower housing has a support ring which is... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4118827 | Door hinge attachment device A door hinge attachment device for a door having a core of hardboard or like relatively soft material sandwiched between and adhered to a pair of face panels and the resulting assembly. The attachment device includes a pair of gripping jaws embracing the ... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4118828 | Apparatus for peeling sausages Apparatus for peeling casings from a string of sausages comprises roller means for driving that string of sausages past a knife assembly disposed to form a longitudinal slit in the casings, means are disposed downstream of the knife assembly for directing... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4118829 | Opening cut machine A poultry cutting machine for opening poultry suspended from shackles being conveyed along a process line for evisceration at a predetermined velocity. The machine comprises a pair of advancing rollers disposed adjacent one another; a cutting blade mounte... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4118830 | Device for skinning animals and fowl A small hand-held tubular device, utilizes gas under pressure in a replaceable cartridge carried in the device, to be controllably fed to a hollow needle for skinning purposes. The interior of the tubular body of the device is sealed at the end opposite t... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4118831 | Molding device A device and method for molding food articles of raw finely divided beef and similar tissue containing food material that is normally subject to uneven shrinkage during cooking comprising supply means for the material, a mold having a mold opening to form... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4118832 | Method for minimizing the accumulation of static charges on fibers resulting from fiberization of pulp lap sheets A method for minimizing the accumulation of static charges on fibers resulting from the dry-fiberization of pulp lap sheets includes the steps of: (1) directing a plurality of the pulp lap sheets into a stacked condition; (2) directing the stack of sheets... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4118833 | Buckle assembly with strap tightening mechanism A buckle assembly includes a main frame which is generally U-shaped and has a pair of parallel opposing side plates and a bottom formed by a plurality of cross-bars. Pivotally mounted on the main frame is a strap-tightening handle which is utilized to tig... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4118834 | Stretching device A stretching device for stretching of a tire chain, particularly an anti-skid chain. The stretching device comprises a stretching spring, a stretching aggregate for stretching the spring and a stretching element for maintaining an associated tire chain in... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4118835 | Elastic fastener A one-piece elastic fastener includes a pair of spaced elastic, generally dish-shaped head members adapted to fit on opposite sides of pieces of material to be joined. The head members each have a rim and are disposed concavely inwardly with their rims fa... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4118836 | Device for fixing the electrodes of electrostatic dust precipitator filters The present invention relates to a metallic device for fixing discharge electrodes on a frame and cross-pieces so as to constitute elements of electrostatic dust precipitator filters, comprising at least one resilient portion for elastically fixing said d... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4118837 | Buckle for a belt and the like A buckle for a belt or the like has two buckle members detachably connectable with each other and each adapted to retain a respective end portion of the belt. Each of the buckle members include a first portion detachably connectable with a first portion o... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4118838 | Pipe clamp A pipe clamp for use on pipe, cable or the like consists of a U-shaped base part forming an opening therethrough and a U-shaped fastening clip insertable into the opening through the base part. Toothed strips are provided on the interior surfaces of the b... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4118839 | Retaining device for concealed slide fastener A retaining device for retaining a terminal end portion of a so-called concealed slide fastener in closed disposition against accidental splitting or disengagement of the intermeshed fastener elements at the end portion. The retaining device has a base; a... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4118840 | Fastening hook A fastening hook comprises a loop connected by means of a shank to a hook portion which defines a gap. The gap may be closed by a closure member mounted pivotally and slideably at the upper end of the hook portion. The free end of the closure is open and ... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4118841 | Apparatus for compacting woven gauze bandages The disclosure is directed to the mechanical compacting of woven gauze bandages. An improved bandage gauze, having increased crimp and bulk, and a desirable degree of lengthwise stretch, is produced by passing the gauze through a two-roll compactor which,... | 10/10/1978 |
