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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4131952 | Safety glove A safety glove for a workman is shown having a fingerless body portion for covering the palm and top of the hand, and attached finger and thumb as well as palm and top hand covering portions that can be easily separated from the main body portion by a pul... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4131953 | Ventilated head gear A ventilating cap essentially consisting of an inner frame and a shell having the shape of an inverted cup and dimensioned to envelop the frame. The frame includes a hat band extending in a closed loop about an axis and ribs attached to the band in circum... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4131954 | Collapsible headgear A collapsible headgear includes rib members having somewhat spherical inner ends that fit into radial sockets in a hub, thus enabling the rib members to fold from a collapsed condition, in which they lie along the hub axis, to an erected condition in whic... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4131955 | Garment emblem This involves a laminate having preferably a 15 mil layer of cloth such as especially a 65-35% blend of polyester and cotton, a 2.5 mil layer of non-creped paper tissue, and in between them an 8 mil layer of low density polyethylene which has penetrated i... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4131956 | Elbow prosthesis An elbow prosthesis for replacing one or more of the articulating surfaces of the elbow joint in a human elbow. An ulna component for being fixedly anchored to the proximal end of the ulna of a human elbow joint is provided with a head member having a cur... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4131957 | Ball and socket prosthetic joint A prosthetic joint including a socket-carrying member and a ball-carrying member both of which have stems for insertion into the medullary canals of the bone. The socket has a downwardly extending cylindrical passageway which terminates in a hemispherical... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4131958 | Dispensation of concentrated solution into toilet flush tank Toilet disinfectant liquid is dispensed from an inverted container suspended within a toilet tank. As the toilet tank is refilled at the conclusion of a flush cycle, an inverted cup entraps air which then enters the container through a narrow elongated pa... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4131959 | Non-polluting toilet system A toilet system capable of rendering the effluent innocuous and reducing the solid matter therein to microparticle size comprising a reversible, motor-driven pump and a two-position valve operable, on the one hand, for taking water into the system for flu... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4131960 | Convertible seat-bed A convertible seat-bed is provided in which seat and back cushions are attached to frames which are supported from a linkage for movement between a seating condition in which the back cushion extends upwardly and rearwardly from the rear edge of the seat ... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4131961 | Formed wire box spring with wire grid unit A wire grid unit cooperating with a box spring assembly to support a mattress. The box spring assembly has a mattress support framework defined by spaced apart longitudinally and transversely extending main springs having generally straight body portions.... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4131962 | Ribbed inner shell for a hull of a catamaran The invention is a molding process for forming a reinforced hull for a catamaran which has a first member which forms the first portion of the hull and which has a band adjacent to its peripheral edge that is indented to form a ledge and a second member w... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4131963 | Ski binding A binding for a ski has a toe end and a heel end. An instep portion secures the instep of a skier's foot. A heel portion secures the heel of the skier's foot. The instep portion and the heel portion are connected to the ski and a foot opening is provided ... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4131964 | Bar stock guides tubes for metal working machines and sound-damping liners for such tubes Sound-damping liners for bar stock guide tubes and the like for use in automatic metal working machines, said liners being produced from ultra high molecular weight polyethylene; means insulating the outer periphery of the liner from the inner surface of ... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4131965 | Machine to work on shoe soles A machine to work on shoe soles has a holding fixture to automatically guide a sole along the work tool. The holding fixture consists of an endless track which can be adjusted according to the length of the shoe and clamping motors which press the shoe so... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4131966 | Domestic cleaning device A plurality of disc-type cleaning and polishing members are removably affixable to the shaft of an electric motor outside a housing for rotation by the motor. The cleaning and polishing members include a steel wool pad, a natural hair pad, a wire bristle ... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4131967 | Toothbrush A toothbrush which comprises an elongated handle including a U-shaped head coaxial with a front end of the handle. The head is provided with two opposite bristles-carrying portions located to opposite sides of an axis of the head and each of the portions ... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4131968 | Reinforced hinge with adjustable tightening means An adjustable hinge arrangement between a stationary member and a movable closure member. The hinge arrangement comprises a stationary base plate supporting a sliding member that is adjustable in a direction that is perpendicular to the closure member. A ... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4131969 | Security stud for hinges An improved hinge comprising a saw-resistant security stud which functions to inhibit any movement other than the normal intended pivotal movement of the hinge.... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4131970 | Quick-release-hinge device A quick-release-hinge device comprising an elongated, latching, tongue member being releasably mounted to a stationary mounting bolt secured along one edge of a removable cover member, the cover member being formed to close an opening in a structure where... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4131971 | Panel assembly hinge The invention relates to a hinge, particularly suitable for use between two parts to be mounted in relatively pivotable fashion, one part being made from compressed material, for example, board of wood cuttings, used in the furniture industry; the hinge a... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4131972 | Vertical meat chopper There is a mechanism allowing a speedy and smooth inductive operation in XYZ directions with a guide post erected on a floor. A chopper casing is provided on the fore end of a thrust shaft being supported by said mechanism and being freely movable forewards an... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4131973 | Device and method for making a cut in the anal region of a bird Device for making a cut in the anal region of a bird includes A first member with a stop for the back of the bird and A lower second member comprising a stop for the breast of the bird. At least one of these members can embrace the bird in a substantially hori... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4131974 | Flotation stoles A flotation stole having a chest portion of greater capacity at one side than the other so that it will invert an unconscious wearer who is face down in the water, even though the wearer may also be wearing clothing and an immersion suit and the stole bei... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4131975 | Clip A U-shaped clip intended to be deformed to enclose and close the mouth of a flexible tube or bag, comprising a pair of limbs of substantially constant cross-section and a web joined to the limbs, respectively at a pair of transition points, the cross-sect... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4131976 | Buckle A buckle includes an open rectangular frame having a passage lying in the plane of the frame, together with a locking washer slidably disposed in the passage. Means are provided, in the form of complemental construction on the frame and washer, preventing... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4131977 | Device for limiting the angle of adjustment of an articulatedly supported rail pair The present invention is directed to improvements in a tenter frame device, and more particularly relates to a means for enabling the rails of a tenter frame to be shifted transversely relative to the longitudinal axis of the rails and also for the rails ... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4131978 | Felting needle A felting needle with a barb having a fiber deflecting section and a fiber gripping section. The barb is within a triangular blade needle and has a fiber gripping section disposed in the bottom portion of the trailing edge of the barb and disposed at appr... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4131979 | Machine for continuous bias cutting of tubular fabric Automated machine for the continuous bias cutting of an elongated tube of material, such as tubular knitted fabric, into a plurality of individual strips, and winding the strips into a plurality of rolls. The tubular material is advanced axially at a unif... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4131980 | Method of making a tank A metal tank for a liquid hydrocarbon and method of making same are provided wherein such tank has a first wall terminating in a first flange, a second wall terminating in a second flange, and an adhesive disposed between and bonding the flanges together ... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4131981 | Method of securing a knob to a ball bat handle A ball bat is provided and comprises a body member which terminates at one end with a hollow handle portion having a pair of aligned holes, a knob fitted to the handle portion and having a pair of aligned holes in aligned relationship with the aligned hol... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4131982 | Matrix pin assembly tool The disclosure relates to a tool for storing and assembling conductive contact elements into a miniature pin board, the tool including an elongate body having a lengthwise supply chamber communicating with open ends of the body. One open end is formed int... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4131983 | Adjustment of avalanche voltage in DIFMOS memory devices by control of impurity doping A dual injector, floating-gate MOS non-volatile semiconductor memory device (DIFMOS) has been fabricated, wherein the electron injection means comprises a p+n+ junction, the n+ region thereof having a critical dopant concentration, controlled by ion impla... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4131984 | Method of making a high-intensity solid-state solar cell A semiconductor solar cell capable of converting incident radiation to electrical energy at high efficiency includes a plurality of series-connected unit solar cells formed on a common wafer of semiconductor material. The unit solar cells each include a s... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4131985 | Thin silicon devices This relates to a semiconductor device and method for making same. At least one semiconductor device is formed in a polished silicon slice, and the device is framed by a deep diffusion of boron. The surface of the slice is then coated with a layer of sili... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4131986 | Electrostatic recording head having wire styli and method of manufacture Closely spaced windings of wire are laid down on a revolving drum and retained in place by an adhesive substrate previously mounted on the drum. The cylinder of wire with an adhesive substrate which is formed is cut and removed from the drum and spread in... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4131987 | Method of producing a microwave filter comprising a body of gyromagnetic material and a source of a prepolarizing magnetic field whose resonant frequency is a predetermined function of the temperature A method of producing a microwave filter using a YIG sphere whose resonant frequency is a predetermined function of the temperature is disclosed comprising the steps of introducing a reference YIG sphere with a predetermined orientation into the filter st... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4131988 | Method of manufacturing a dynamoelectric field member A starter motor field winding comprises an uninterruptedly continuous conductor wound to encircle a plurality of core elements. The conductor comprises strapping edge wound about cores to form coils. The strapping between coils is edge bent to form connec... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4131989 | Method of manufacturing an electric motor An electric motor comprising a rotor and a stator which comprises two magnetic blocks fixed in confronting relation on a frame of iron or magnetic sheet. The blocks are respectively fixed on two support elements which are interconnected by two covers of i... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4131990 | Method of making squirrel cage rotor A method of installing rotor bars in a dynamoelectric machine rotor of the type having a shaft, a laminated magnetic core carried by the shaft, with the core having a plurality of arcuately spaced longitudinal passageways therethrough for accommodating th... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4131991 | Method of making flexible pressure sensitive switch A flexible, self-biasing switching element is disclosed herein for closing a circuit by flexing the element from an initial non-contacting position to a second contacting position and for opening the circuit by releasing the element and permitting it to r... | 01/02/1979 |
