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A self-righting hand-arm configuration which is adapted to pivot when struck by a user, thereby simulating a "high five."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4170042 | Readily releasable powered visor-and-lock assembly for helmet A readily releasable powered visor-and-lock assembly for a helmet in which the visor is spring-biased for movement from a raised position behind a cover plate spaced from the helmet shell to a lowered position in front of the upper portion of the wearer's... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4170043 | Coated intraocular lens and surgical tool An intraocular lens or surgical tool used for eye surgery which is covered with a biocompatible water-soluble adherent film coating that has a very slow dissolution rate which maintains at least 40% of the coating on the lens for at least 30 minutes, but ... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4170044 | Hydrotherapy apparatus and ducting therefor Hydrotherapy apparatus including continuous extruded plastic ducting of keyhole shape in cross-section adapted to be installed in the wall of a water pool and having a multiplicity of air dispensing perforations substantially flush with the interior wall ... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4170045 | Hospital bathtub A contoured inner bathing tub or litter having a multiplicity of perforations or apertures formed therein is removably positioned within a complementarily contoured outer tub. The outer tub is supported on a mobile frame. The present invention permits a p... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4170046 | Foot liquid dispenser A foot liquid dispenser has a liquid reservoir on a base. A liquid sprayer on the base is connected to the reservoir and is mounted to discharge at a predetermined height above the base and in a predetermined direction. The sprayer is operated by a lever ... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4170047 | Vaned anti-vortex pool drain cover A protective cover for swimming pools drains and the like. The cover is of a unitary construction and is preferably injection-molded from a flexible, tough, spring-like plastic. The cover includes an outer, annular rim designed to rest on a sub-main drain... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4170048 | Toilet installation A toilet installation is disclosed which is especially suited for pleasure boats. A discharge tank is disposed under a toilet fixture and connected with it through an inlet orifice. A flexible obturating member comprising a flexible flap member and a down... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4170049 | Aqualock closet valve An accessory incorporated between a toilet tank and a toilet, the accessory including a float chamber, into which rising water from the toilet is accessible, so as to lift a float attached to an upwardly extending rod which extends into the toilet tank, s... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4170050 | Method of making lobular internally and externally threaded insert The present invention relates to an improved method for economically manufacturing lobular internally and externally threaded self-tapping inserts. The method is characterized by the novel application of a conventional roll forming apparatus of the type i... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4170051 | Hydraulic and mechanical punch holder adjustment Mechanism for effecting the fine adjustment of punch holders in a header or the like, which mechanism can be actuated from a readily accessible position on the machine, remote from the punch holder, and the mechanism being either entirely mechanical or pa... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4170052 | Holding clip This invention pertains to an improvement in holding clips or more specifically, to the type commonly referred to as "paper clips" and used to hold papers, documents, etc., together temporarily in an organized and nondestructive manner. The object of the ... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4170053 | Drapery pleater hook A drapery pleater hook has four fingers adapted to be inserted in the tunnels of a pleater tape affixed to the upper end of a drapery panel. The hook includes a pleat pincher disposed below the fingers. The pleat pincher has a pair of arms swingable from ... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4170054 | Casket A casket comprising a perimeter frame and a cardboard box-like member and a closure member. The box member and closure member are attached to the perimeter frame which is made of a rigid material. The entire casket can be shipped flat. The cardboard box m... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4170055 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing a heat exchanger A method and apparatus for manufacturing a heat exchanger. A plurality of parallel pipes are advanced from a magazine to an axially slotted open ended shell blank which is radially compressed against the pipes. The contacting surfaces of the pipe openings... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4170056 | Blood filter A filter for blood and the like including a housing defining an inlet for fluids to be filtered, and an outlet for filtered fluid, plus a stack of filter pads of thermoplastic fibers positioned within the housing. According to one aspect of this invention... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4170057 | Method of making a dynamoelectric machine An electric motor in which concentricity between stator and rotor is maintained solely by frictional forces between radial faces of the motor's end shields and radial faces of the stator. The motor is assembled by positioning the rotor in the stator by sh... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4170058 | Method of adjusting end play The axial end play of dynamoelectric machine may be adjusted by adjusting the axial position of a machine bearing relative to the machine rotor. A relatively large electric motor is illustrated wherein the amount and position of the axial end play of the ... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4170059 | Method of manufacturing a magnetic transducer for narrow track recording and playback A transducer core comprises a magnetic core superposed and integrally joined with a supporting composite body. The magnetic core has poles defining at least one nonmagnetic gap therebetween. The composite body has a nonmagnetic front portion spanning the ... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4170060 | Shear-head for dryshavers A shear-head for a dryshaver has a cupped frame in the interior space of which the cutter blade or blades of the dryshaver become located when the shear-head is connected to the dryshaver housing. An opening of the frame is spanned by an arcuately bowed, ... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4170061 | Locking mechanism for folding pocket knife The folding pocket knife disclosed herein provides an adequate sizing skinning blade for big game, etc., with the capability of being safely locked whether in the open position for use or in the folded position for carrying, providing the maximum overall ... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4170062 | Extensible knife with blade position adjustment A knife comprises a knife handle or grip having a channel for receiving slidably therein a blade holder having a blade secured thereto so that the blade is withdrawn outwardly as it wears out. A series of notches are formed in the knife grip, while a V-li... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4170063 | Knife with removable blade housing A hand knife having a ring-like rotary blade the diameter of which is considerably greater than its axial length rotated by a motor in a handle extending normal to the axis of rotation of the blade. The blade of the knife is rotatably supported in a housi... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4170064 | Hair-dressing scissors A hair-dressing scissors comprises a first scissor blade provided with a smooth cutting edge and a second scissor blade which has serrations. The first blade with the scissors closed extends with its smooth cutting edge beyond the base of the serrations o... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4170065 | Marine azimuth and intercept plotter instrument A flat sheet annular ring has a first exterior circular perimeter and a concentric interior circular perimeter. The annular ring has the 360 circular degree compass scale indicia disposed thereon, at least adjacent to the ring interior circular perimeter,... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4170066 | Braking apparatus and method with booster and spoiler In a braking arrangement for a rotating member such as an automotive vehicle wheel and which has a fluid pressure actuated brake for slowing the rotating member together with a booster for increasing the fluid pressure imposed on the brake to a pressure h... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4170067 | Apparatus for measuring pipe length A pipe is cradled at rest on a weighing scale at the end of a pipe mill production line. Pipe end sensors are driven axially in opposite directions until each one makes contact with an end of the pipe. Movement of each sensor toward an end of the pipe cau... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4170068 | Apparatus for transmission of measuring motion in gauging equipment A gauging frame for transmitting measuring movements comprises two bar elements allowing components to be mounted thereto individually and each independently of other components by engagement with the bar element transversely thereof.... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4170069 | Wheel lug nut tool A wheel lug nut tool apparatus and method, the tool including a plurality of wheel lug studs and/or lug sockets mounted to a base. An indicia is affixed adjacent each stud and/or lug socket to indicate the size and thread characteristics of the same. The ... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4170070 | Method and device for controlling the geometry of two-wheeled vehicles This universal control method and device for checking the basic geometry of two-wheeled vehicles comprises two aligned pairs of clamping jaws adapted to receive and clamp the rims of the front and rear wheels, respectively, of the vehicle; one pair of jaw... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4170071 | Sighting apparatus A sighting device for use with an archery bow for hunting or target purposes, utilizing light emitting diodes which are battery operated and the intensity of which may be varied manually. The light emitting diodes are mounted at the ends of sighting pins ... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4170072 | Fuel injector adjustment fixture The disclosure illustrates a fixture permitting the adjustment of a stop which limits the upward travel of a unit type fuel injector plunger. The fixture comprises parallel rails having cross bars for clamping the injector to be adjusted with a given prel... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4170073 | Wide dynamic range multi-zone drying method and apparatus for controlling product moisture A method and apparatus is described for drying a product to a controlled moisture content. The apparatus comprising a first drying zone for receiving the product, a first regulating means for regulating the temperature within said first zone, a second dry... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4170074 | Powder dryer including fluidized bed aspirator Apparatus for preconditioning of organic hygroscopic coating powders to render them free flowing and facilitate their electrostatic application to preheated workpieces. The preconditioning technique includes drying the powder prior to electrostatic applic... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4170075 | Nozzle for web processing apparatus The present invention relates to gas treating apparatus for treating web-like or granular material conveyed through the apparatus, and more particularly to a novel nozzle arrangement for such apparatus which insures that a uniform, unbroken stream of trea... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4170076 | Container arrangement for treating lumpy and grained materials in a packed bed with gaseous media A container arrangement for treating lumpy and grained materials in a packed bed with gaseous media has at least one container with an opening and a device for closing the opening. In the at least one container at least two chambers are formed whose botto... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4170077 | Moving target screen with modulating grid A moving target simulating system for marksmanship practice including a film projector having a modulating grid thereon for transmitting a modulated infrared light through a film aperture onto a viewing screen is disclosed. The aperture is optically super... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4170078 | Cushioned foot sole A cushioned sole for the foot which is hollow and resilient the interior having contained a fluid or other flowable material, such as sand and the like, the sole having for a principal purpose the affording of maximum comfort for the wearer. Small air val... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4170079 | Dredge with rotatable cutter discs In a vessel-mounted dredging device in which material freed by revolving cutters is pumped through a suction mouth and discharge pipe to a place remote from the cutters, a submersible dredge pump is mounted on a platform which supports cutter discs spaced... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4170080 | Expanded composite picture frame An expanded composite picture frame having inner and outer channel-shaped frame components held in mutually spaced relationship by an intermediate filler piece. The inner frame component supports the picture and is mechanically interlocked to the inner ed... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4170081 | Novel microfilm jacket In a preferred embodiment a microfilm jacket having plural parallel channels, each channel having at its insert opening a protruding upper-lip forming an insert opening formed by a slit extending rearwardly on both of opposite sides of the protruding lips... | 10/09/1979 |
