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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4128902 | Protective gymnast pants Injury protective pants to protect the pelvic hip and thigh area of the gymnast while learning various wrapping skills on uneven parallel bars. A pouch is provided on the inside of the front portion of the gymnast pants for receiving two layers of foam of... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4128903 | Temporary walking aid for use after lower leg amputations A prosthesis for an amputated lower leg consisting of an upper part attachable to the remaining lower leg stump, this upper part being attached to an under part provided with an artificial foot. The upper part has a cup-shaped bottom portion which at a nu... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4128904 | Bath equipment for disabled persons A device is provided for the transfer of disabled persons into and out of a bath tub. The device comprises a bath plate, which is pivoted about at least one axis fixed to the bath tub. The bath plate can by means of a power unit, e.g. a hydraulic lifting ... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4128905 | Basin receptacle A receptacle for temporary retention of fluid as well as for routing fluid from a basin faucet to a basin drain. One disclosed embodiment includes a body member, a valve, a base member, anchoring means and a spacing plate. The body member is positionable ... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4128906 | Toilet-bowl flush system and devices therefor The invention provides a device for converting a single volume cistern into a selective volume cistern adapted to selectively allow both low volume and high volume flushes wherein the single volume-cistern is of the type having a water inlet, a water outl... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4128907 | Mattress foundation apparatus The mattress foundation apparatus includes a flat continuous upper component from which downwardly depend a pair of end walls and a pair of side walls. A continuous raised rim about the upper perimeter of the flat upper component retains the mattress in i... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4128908 | Sleeping bag liner A sheet liner for a sleeping bag or the like which can be easily removed from the sleeping bag for washing. The liner is formed from a single sheet which is folded crosswise to form top and bottom panels having a lower fold. The panels are joined along th... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4128909 | Roller for cleaning phonograph records The Gramophone record cleaner proposed is of the roller type having a sticky surface formed of a rubbery organopolysiloxane elastomer having a relatively low hardness and adapted to pick up dirt or dust and other contaminants from within the grooves of a ... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4128910 | Toothbrush A toothbrush having a handle and a rubber-like brushing structure having a plurality of brushing projections and mounted on the forward part of the handle is further provided with a rigid frame member surrounding the side surface of the brushing structure... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4128911 | Compound manual toothbrush Common toothbrushes are known as simple units designed for simple use. In this invention, a compound toothbrush is formed by two distinct toothbrushes, one of which closely fits within the partially hollow frontage of the other such that both brushes toge... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4128912 | Garden tray with pivoted handle A novel tray for use in a garden or on a lawn, and which serves for picking up trash, lawn weeds and the like; the tray being in the general shape of a conventional dust pan and made of plastic material; the tray consisting of a flat rectangular bottom wa... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4128913 | Trim guide A trim guide for a painter's brush having optional right and left-hand guide brackets mounted in selected biangular relation to the lengthwise brush axis for respectively supporting individual guide shoes in position to engage walls or other guide surface... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4128914 | Weight and weight end piece for vertical slat blind The invention relates to a slatted blind having vertically arranged slats, in a bottom pocket of which a slat weight is maintained by means of an end piece mounted at each end of the weight.... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4128915 | Machine for the shaping of meat dishes The invention pertains to a machine for shaping meat dishes, characterized by the fact that it mainly consists of the combination of a mould plate provided therein with the desired mould opening; means which successively place this mould opening under a m... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4128916 | Method and apparatus for processing pork sides A downwardly biased, upwardly movable wheel is positioned in the path of bodies of meat advancing on a conveyor having lateral hooks for impaling and retaining the meat. The rotational axis of the wheel lies at an acute angle to the conveyor direction, gu... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4128917 | Carding engines In a duo-card engine, a novel arrangement of crush rolls and toothed roller are used to break up the fibre web into individual fibres and fibre groups to free them from dirt, after which the fibres are reassembled on the surface of a perforated vacuum cag... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4128918 | Adjustable snap-on-clamp An improved snap-on-clamp is provided for securely fastening one object to another, such as fastening a flexible hose about a pipe, a nipple, or the like, and includes an open-ended, substantially annular band having formed at its ends a pair of opposed, ... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4128919 | Metal tie A tie for forming a plurality of elongate objects into a bundle and for holding two objects together. The tie includes an elongate strap having a plurality of spaced abutments therealong and a metal locking head joined to one end of the strap. The locking... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4128920 | Magnetic closure device The present magnetic closure device has one or more holding members and one or more closure members, each with a surface configuration providing an increased frictional force, when two matching surface configurations cooperate. One member is made of perma... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4128921 | Tension strap with movable tension blocks A tension strap to be circumferentially positioned about a body to be tenned includes a strap member and a plurality of longitudinally movable tension blocks carried on the inside circumferential surface of the strap member for engaging the body. Means f... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4128922 | Sealing device A two piece plastic sealing device to provide a durable and permanent seal about a plastic bag or casing.... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4128923 | Snap-in receptacle assembly for fastener For detachably fastening inner and outer overlying plate members using a quarter-turn fastener, a square hole is punched in the inner panel and a snap-in receptacle assembly is inserted into the hole from the outer side of the panel and snapped into place... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4128924 | Laminated seat belt buckle A seat belt buckle having a laminated construction. A main body has a cavity in which a double leaf spring is positioned. A latch plate located in the cavity has a pair of outwardly extending arms slidably mounted in a pair of mutually-opposed upright cha... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4128925 | Arrangement for assembling vacuum tube bases An arrangement for assembling bases of vacuum tubes, e.g. fluorescent tubes, comprises continuously rotating rotors made in the form of sprockets which are engaged by an endless chain conveyor. The conveyor is intended for both actuating the sprockets and... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4128926 | Method for the production of an electric stack capacitor of metallized synthetic material films A method and apparatus is disclosed for the production of an electric stack or layer capacitor of metallized synthetic material films. The capacitor is produced by bending or folding a film by means of a set of folding wheels which are spaced double the f... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4128927 | Method for the production of a layer capacitor A simplified and less expensive method for producing layer capacitors is disclosed in which an output capacitor is produced by winding several master or parent capacitors on a drum one upon the other. The parent capacitors are separated from one another b... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4128928 | Method of forming a curved trailing edge cooling slot A curved slot is formed between an internal cavity of an airfoil and the trailing edge thereof by temporarily deflecting the airfoil trailing edge portion toward the suction side thereof, forming a straight slot in the trailing edge portion while it is in... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4128929 | Method of restoring worn turbine components The method of restoring the worn edge surfaces of the shroud portion of a turbine component, such as a blade of the type having a ribbed mounting base at one end, which involves the steps of applying welding material to the worn edges of the shroud portio... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4128930 | Plumbing tool with external shackle A plumbing device includes a radially outwardly and resiliently expansible sealing plug carried on the front end of an elongated axial shaft. An elongated cylinder disposed about the shaft transmits axial movement to the plug from a jack mechanism near th... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4128931 | Tool for opening cable fittings A clamping tool having a bracket arm with a stationary jaw at one end thereof. The bracket arm supports a movable jaw. Each of the jaws have slot openings with grasping means for use in applying tension clamps to cable members. The tool is modified to ena... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4128932 | Method for turning a track bushing Disclosed herein is a method for rotating the bushings of an assembled and in-place track of a tractor to present new bushing wear areas to the sprockets which engage these bushings.... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4128933 | Process of making metallic non-skid studs for tires The invention relates to a process of making small diameter non-skid metallic studs, for tires, composed of a hard material small rod and of a metallic sheath having an elongated longitudinal axis. The sheath includes a fitting or mounting socket for the ... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4128934 | Method of making a thermally insulated window frame To provide a frame with members having two outer elements which are interconnected by an insulator, each member is formed from a hollow bar in which the insulator is molded and then two longitudinal strips are removed from the bar, the two remaining parts... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4128935 | Assembly method for a motor A method of assembling an electric motor in which a rigid first end bell is provided with a bearing seat in which is positioned a bearing. Then a rotor shaft for the motor is positioned in the bearing, and the end bell and rotor assembly is fixed in a hol... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4128936 | Method for the manufacture of contacts for gas-blast circuit breakers A method for manufacturing a contact for use with a gas-blast circuit breaker wherein the contact has slots in an end face which are filled with an arc-resistant plastic material and wherein the method comprises the steps of forming a plurality of contact... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4128937 | Safety razor with serpentine handle A safety razor having a handle assembly and a blade mounted thereon is disclosed. The handle assembly includes a gripping portion formed at one end thereof, a surface extending transversely of the center line of the handle assembly to define the other end... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4128938 | Nut-cracking implement A powerful lever is swiveled at one end to a vertical column supported on a base or container. An anvil adjustably mounted upon the column, forms an abutment cooperating with the lever for cracking of nuts. An enclosure is mounted upon the lever for adjus... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4128939 | Peeling cutter A cutter construction for a vegetable peeler that has a cylindrically electrically rotatable body with a longitudinal mounting shaft and a plurality of longitudinally extending slots coextensive with and equally spaced around the body and a cutter blade d... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4128940 | Guide and adaptor for hand saws A guide and adaptor for a hand saw having a blade, the guide and adaptor being used for obtaining a straight line cut of a board in different widths, comprising a first member adapted to receive at least a part of the hand saw, a second member provided wi... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4128941 | Sheathed razor blade A sheathed razor blade in which a folded film sheath embraces the blade, with the fold in general registration with the cutting edge of the blade; the folded film sheath overlapping the sides of the blade; the overlap of the folded film sheath bonded toge... | 12/12/1978 |
