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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4164042 | Wall structures such as for use in deep diving apparatus A wall structure for use in forming part of an enclosure that is subject to high pressure differential between its external and internal environments comprises tubing that has been flattened over two diametrically opposed areas and helically wound so as t... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4164043 | Fingerless glove A fingerless glove suitable for use in sport games particularly those in which rackets are used, e.g. tennis, squash, racket ball and so forth. The fingerless glove is characterized by comprising three gore tabs spaced from each other and projecting from ... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4164044 | Adjustable waist band for jeans An adjustable waist band for jeans and the like is disclosed in which conventional brass-like snaps are utilized to accomplish the adjusting feature. The employment of brass-like snaps which are viewable makes it appear that the snaps are part of a normal... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4164045 | Artificial vascular and patch grafts Artificial vascular and patch grafts comprising a flexible elastic fabric substrate of predetermined shape fabricated from small diameter fiber having a tensile modulus of at least about 2×106 psi, and a thin, smooth, adherent, isotropic carbo... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4164046 | Valve prosthesis An improved valve prosthesis for mitral and tricuspid heart valves, the valve prosthesis being configurated as an open ring and covered with a double velour fabric having a laterally projecting fabric appendage for simultaneously facilitating suturing the... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4164047 | Multipurpose gymnasium A cover for the swimming pool of a multipurpose gymnasium formed of one or more sections of metal, having an undulating bend with the cavities between the bends filled with a plastic foam material to increase its strength and to act as a sound and vibrati... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4164048 | Combination sink trap access port filtration device A drain trap pipe with an access port and filtration member including a pipe having a straight portion terminating in a curved portion overlying the straight portion. A tubular extension is connected to and communicating with the pipe substantially at the... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4164049 | Vacuum-type water removal system for houses, factories, ships and the like A vacuum-type water removal system for buildings, factories, ships and the like is provided wherein waste water collection devices, such as sanitary facilities (e.g., toilets) and other waste producing/or collecting devices, are connected through a cut-of... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4164050 | Textile treatment process Disclosed is a textile treatment process wherein a substrate is supported on one or more arms above a treatment liquor and is passed repeatedly through such liquor, characterised in that at least a part of that part of the substrate supported on the arm o... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4164051 | Continuous dyeing method for thick textile materials A method for continuously dyeing a thick textile material such as a blanket or carpet material or the like. The thick textile material is arranged to be continuously pulled upward and guided over a slanting plate from a lower position to a higher position... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4164052 | Self-propelled apparatus for cleaning beets A self-propelled apparatus for cleaning beets comprises a longitudinally extending frame carrying a hopper for receiving beets to be cleaned which is mounted on a raised platform on the frame and is provided with a conveyor for delivering beets to a scree... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4164053 | Vehicle washing apparatus A vehicle washing apparatus, particularly effective for scrubbing the upper portions of a vehicle as it moves along a predetermined path through a wash bay or the like, including an overhead carriage extending transversely of the vehicle path and a plural... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4164054 | Dipstick wiper A device for cleaning automotive dipsticks having a base for attachment of the device under a vehicle hood adhesively or magnetically provided with a block of porous absorbent material having a diagonally cut upwardly tapered surface. Means are optionally... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4164055 | Cleaning and disinfecting hard surfaces Suction and germicidal spray producing apparatus effects rapid removal of soils and bacteria from hard surface floors in both dry and wet states, the removed dry and wet soils and bacteria being isolated and confined; the apparatus includes a head assembl... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4164056 | Leg holding machine A machine for holding the legs of animal carcasses to support a carcass during an up-pull skinning operation is provided with a jaw means for gripping a pair of legs of the carcass individually and holding the gripped legs in a side-by-side relation, mean... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4164057 | Food casing stuffing sizing control method An improved sizing control technique utilizes a pressure ring bearing slidably on the outer periphery of a food casing being stuffed, the casing being provided with a convoluting element working conjunctively with a sizing disc inside the casing to provid... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4164058 | Decorative ring-like structure and method of making same A decorative ring-like structure includes a generally longitudinally split cylindrical sleeve having a fabric tube snuggly received thereover. The fabric tube has a length substantially greater than the circumference of the sleeve to provide a decorative ... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4164059 | Method of manufacturing a color display tube and color display tube manufactured by said method A focusing shadow mask incorporating an electrostatic lens at each mask aperture is produced by creating an electrode comprising a set of parallel conductors on one surface of an insulator sheet and a second electrode on the other surface. The second elec... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4164060 | Apparatus for assembling a shadow mask and panel of a picture tube of a television receiver An apparatus for assembling a shadow mask and panel of a picture tube of a television receiver, said mask and panel being provided with fixing members engaging each other in a fixed relative position of the mask and panel. The apparatus is provided with s... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4164061 | Method of making rotor blades of radial-axial hydraulic machines A method of making rotor blades of radial-axial hydraulic machines, wherein a plain blade blank is obtained by welding together at least two sheet pieces that compose the blank in the direction of principal variation of the cross-sectional thickness there... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4164062 | Ball and socket linkage and bearing assembly and method of fabricating In both the socket linkage and the ball bearing assembly the formed metal engages the curvature of the ball more than 90° which retains the parts in assembled relationship. The forming is accomplished by cupping metal into a die with clearance between th... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4164063 | Process for making bearing locking collar A process of making a locking collar for retaining bearings on a shaft by first compacting and sintering powdered metal to form a collar having an eccentric counterbore with a relative precise chamfered surface on the collar end around the counterbore. Th... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4164064 | Solder preform loading method and apparatus A method and apparatus for loading solder preforms on to the pins of a multiple pin connector. A positioning plate has open sockets in the pattern of the pins of the connector to be loaded, the sockets being sized to receive a single solder preform in eac... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4164065 | Crimping and wire lead insertion machine having improved insertion means A terminal crimping machine which, after crimping a terminal onto a wire lead, inserts the terminated wire lead into a terminal receiving recess of connector housing. The machine generally includes a press and die assembly mounted on the press. The die as... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4164066 | Fabrication of anodes by plasma spray deposition A method of forming capacitor anodes is described wherein leads of film forming metal, preferably headed are subjected to plasma spray deposition of film forming metal, preferably at a flame temperature of about 10,000° to 20,000° C. to form capacitor a... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4164067 | Method of manufacturing electrical resistor element A method of manufacturing a resistor element for fixed or variable resistors. The element comprises an insulating substrate injection molded from ceramic-glass frit material and organic binder and lubricating material and layers of resistive material and ... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4164068 | Method of making bipolar carbon-plastic electrode structure-containing multicell electrochemical device A novel multicell electrochemical device having a plurality of bipolar carbon-plastic electrode structures and a novel method of making the device are described. A plurality of bipolar carbon-plastic electrode structures are formed by first molding thin c... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4164069 | Method of preparing a positive electrode for an electrochemical cell A method of preparing an electrochemical cell including a metal sulfide as the positive electrode reactant and lithium alloy as the negative electrochemical reactant with an alkali metal, molten salt electrolyte is disclosed which permits the assembly to ... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4164070 | Method of making a lithium-bromine cell A lithium-bromine cell comprising a casing which can be of electrically conducting material and containing a lithium anode element from which a sealed conductor extends through the casing. A filling element which can be of electrically conducting material... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4164071 | Method of forming a circuit board with integral terminals A circuit board having a die stamped conductive pattern is produced having terminals which are integral with the conductive pattern on the board. A first embodiment is produced by folding the conductive material over a designated terminal edge of the boar... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4164072 | Automatic piercing nut assembling arrangement An automatic piercing or clinch nut assembling arrangement which includes a punch member slidably supported in a punch holder connected to a press ram for pressing a piercing or clinch nut into a metal panel with a swaging die arranged opposite the punch ... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4164073 | Apparatus for feeding and bending seed plate lug strips An apparatus for feeding and bending lug strips which are to be attached to seed plates in electrolytic refining plants includes a tool structure capable of bending an initially flat lug strip around a supporting rod in preparation for fixing free ends of... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4164074 | Dental articulator with interchangeable mounts Dental articulator formed with individually adjustable, upper and lower carrier plates, each having means for quick-coupling to one of an interchangeable pair of planar mounts (each mount adapted to adhesively support an assembled denture against one of i... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4164075 | Phonograph record eccentricity tester A phonograph record groove eccentricity tester senses the eccentricity of the circular groove at the inner side of the spiral groove, by means of a groove engaging stylus on a pivoted arm operating a sensor that produces an output signal a peak value of w... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4164076 | Universal die mounting plate system A machine tool fixture with particular utility as a mounting and backing plate for a sheet cutting die is provided with a unique pattern of tool mounting slots universally adaptable to a wide range of die sizes and to any die tool in a capital inventory. ... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4164077 | Level indicating devices Level indicating devices wherein at least a side portion of a bubble cavity is defined by a reflecting surface having at least a linear cross section lying generally in a plane aligned with or paralleling a light source and a bubble image observer (i.e. p... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4164078 | Electronic quiz apparatus An electronically operable multiple-choice response evaluating apparatus comprises a housing having a plurality of first input switches which are manually actuable to introduce a code of indicia representative of a question and a plurality of second input... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4164079 | Seat cushion to provide realistic acceleration cues to aircraft simulator pilot A seat cushion for providing realistic acceleration cues to an aircraft simulator pilot. A plurality of contiguous seat cushion compartments with each including an air cell with a non-compressible surface underneath the air cell are provided with apparatu... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4164080 | Basic simulator unit A flight simulator which abandons the traditional aesthetic preference for an aircraft-like flight compartment exterior in favor of an open strut cockpit construction affording convenient access to cockpit equipment for maintenance purposes. The simulated... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4164081 | Remote target hit monitoring system A marksman training system is disclosed as including a translucent diffuser arget screen adapted for producing a bright spot on the rear surface of the target screen in response to receiving a laser light beam on the front side of the target screen that wa... | 08/14/1979 |
