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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4170792 | Position locking device for visor on a helmet A positioning device, particularly applicable to positioning a visor on a helmet comprising a clutch output member, a datum member, and a clutch input member, the output member constrained to move along a particular path with respect to the datum member, ... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4170793 | Inner garment for aiding evaporative cooling An inner garment for aiding evaporative cooling includes a first sheet containing a substantial portion of cotton. One face of the first sheet is worn next to the skin where it acts as a wick for perspiration. A second sheet in the form of a resilient, wr... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4170794 | Bone joint endoprosthesis A bone joint endoprosthesis comprises a spherical body of the joint with hole in it for receiving a shaft spigot; a shaft is embedded in bone; the shaft has a spigot which is received in the hole; a spreader, comprised of a material that swells when it is... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4170795 | Portable shower A portable shower including an open top vessel having a circumferential periphery defining an area of sufficient size to accommodate a bather thereunder, the vessel having an opening and means from underneath the vessel for controlling flow of water throu... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4170796 | Swimming pool with protective wall In a rectangular swimming pool suitable for use as a wave bath there is provided a rigid protective wall extending along and adjacent to the two longitudinal walls and one transverse wall and able to be raised above the level of the edge of the swimming p... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4170797 | Apparatus for treating waste matter The disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for treating waste matter in aerobic digestion apparatuses, such as closets. In the method a frother means is disposed in the circulation path of the liquid between the pump and the receptacle means, the fr... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4170798 | Apparatus for homogenizing and handling biowaste and other materials in isolation Apparatus to receive fecal material directly into a container and maintain it isolated, particularly as to its odors, while automatically homogenizing and withdrawing samples as may be desired and disposing of the remainder. The apparatus, either in fixed... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4170799 | Swimming apparatus A swimming apparatus of restricted dimensions comprising a basin and a supporting device is provided, the supporting device being supported in the basin and having members for engaging a swimmer's trunk while being pivotable about at least two horizontal ... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4170800 | Sitdown piece of furniture convertible into a bed A convertible couch or chair has a stationary frame that stands on the floor and which has an upper support surface with a front and a back, and a guide inclined upwardly toward the front. A movable frame has a pair of front legs which rest in the floor a... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4170801 | Fishing rod and reel box An elongated fishing rod box is provided including first and second elongated housing sections opening toward each other and including a first pair of corresponding longitudinal side walls pivotally secured together for relative swinging between open and ... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4170802 | Method of manufacturing footwear There is provided a method of manufacturing a footwear item in which the molded outsole can be firmly affixed to the combination of an upper and an insole. A piece of prime rib tape is bonded to the underside of the insole, placed further inwardly from th... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4170803 | Floor sweeper having a pivotable handle A floor sweeper having an improved pivotal means for a handle is disclosed. The pivotal means comprises a main body having a concave portion thereon, a holding member having bearing apertures and a leaf spring positioned in a predetermined seat of the con... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4170804 | Wiper arm and mounting head An improved wiper arm and connector head arrangement which may be readily assembled without use of special equipment by means of inserting opposed bosses on the head into corresponding open-sided recesses on the arm and then relatively rotating the head a... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4170805 | Window glass-cleaning device An upright tank partly filled with water is disposed on a wheeled carrier. A box-shaped cover at the top of the tank is provided on the inside with an air exhaust blower and a pump, both are enclosed within an air filter attached to the underside of the c... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4170806 | Method of fixing a fish as to the position thereof in a fish processing machine and a machine for performing said method An apparatus and a method for separating fish heads from the remainder of the fish are provided. The apparatus includes a cutting blade, a conveyor movable in a predetermined path past the cutting blade and tapered pins extending through and each having a... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4170807 | Fastener means A fastener device particularly intended to secure articles, such as washing, on a washing line. The fastener device comprises a flat gripping section and two arms sections which extend arcuately downwards from the gripping section, in a direction towards ... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4170808 | Belt buckle assembly having an image formed on a photosensitive face plate thereof The present invention relates to a belt buckle blank having an aluminum face plate that is anodized and which is photosensitive, and wherein additional properties and structural characteristics of said aluminum face plate is such that a negative photograp... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4170809 | Axial jewelry clasp A jewelry clasp for a slender, elongated, band--e.g., a necklace, bracelet or the like--comprises male and female members respectively attachable to the band terminals; the female member being tubular and the male member having a detent with a projecting ... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4170810 | Fastening devices for flexible sheets The invention provides a device for securing a flexible sheet comprising (a) a first substantially U-shaped channel member having a web portion and a pair of opposed legs each of said legs being provided with a lip, which lips are directed substantially t... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4170811 | Method for coating cathode material on cathode substrate In a method for making a cathode for an electron tube, after the cathode substrate and at least one apertured grid have been assembled into a mount assembly, an elongated support carrying cathode material is passed through the grid aperture, and cathode m... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4170812 | Method of making a dual value capacitor An auxiliary capacitor is added to a first capacitor formed from two metallized films wound into a cylindrical roll. Once the two metallized films have been wound a sufficient number of layers to form a capacitor having the desired capacitance, the auxili... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4170813 | Clamp for strapping ingot moulds A method and apparatus for strapping ingot moulds by forcing roughly pre-formed strap sections into pressure contact around the mark of the mould which is to be strapped, and welding the joints between the sections to form a complete strap. The apparatus ... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4170814 | Method of manufacturing a centrifuge rotor A centrifuge rotor which is laminated and consists of at least two layers of different materials, a mechanically stronger layer being outermost and a chemically more resistant layer being positioned as an inner filler material. A method of forming a centr... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4170815 | Method of operating a reheating furnace in hot rolling line A method of operating a reheating furnace in a hot rolling line and a heating furnace therefor in which the reheating furnace is positioned between a continuous casting apparatus and a rolling apparatus rolling workpieces at a higher speed than they are c... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4170816 | Cathode starting sheet assembly machines The invention relates to securing hanging-loops to cathode starting sheets and an assembly machine is disclosed which comprises a turntable having five circumferentially spaced, flat, tables the surface of each of which is substantially vertical, indexing... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4170817 | Method and means of packaging nuclear fuel rods for handling Nuclear fuel rods, especially spent nuclear fuel rods that may show physical distortion, are encased within a metallic enclosing structure by forming a tube about the fuel rod. The tube has previously been rolled to form an overlapping tubular structure a... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4170818 | Barrier height voltage reference A barrier height voltage reference includes two field-effect transistors which are substantially identical except for their gate-to-channel potential barrier characteristics and which are biased to carry equal drain currents at equal drain voltages. The r... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4170819 | Method of making conductive via holes in printed circuit boards A printed circuit board is provided with via holes and these holes are provided with a base coat of conductive metal, a coating of insulating material deposited on said base coat, and a second coat of conducting metal deposited on said insulating material... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4170820 | Apparatus for assembling a ferrule with a sleeve member The present apparatus is directed to the assembling in concentric relation of a ferrule and a sleeve member wherein one of said elements is resilient. Where the sleeve is resilient and the ferrule is a rigid metallic member the sleeve may be compressed wh... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4170821 | Razor cartridges A solid water-soluble shaving aid incorporated in a disposable razor blade cartridge which gradually dissolves during the act of wet shaving. The shaving aid, in the form of a lubricant, whisker softener, razor cleaner, medicinal agent, cosmetic agent or ... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4170822 | Dry shaving apparatus A dry-shaving apparatus comprises a shear foil having hair entrance apertures and a cutting member movable relative to the shear foil and including a flexible cutter plate formed with lamellar cutting elements extending between two oppositely disposed edg... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4170823 | Fluorescent artificial teeth An artificial porcelain tooth product containing a combination of terbium and cerium salts to produce a desired fluorescence.... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4170824 | Universal compass A compass for drawing geometric figures including ellipses and polygons of different sizes and shapes. The compass includes an upstanding center post having a lower point which supports the compass on the drawing surface. A disc forming a peripheral cam t... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4170825 | Scaling parallel bar Disclosed is apparatus for determining distances along a direction in a plane. A base is constrained to translational movement along the direction by a guide system. An indicator is connected to the guide system to move relative to the base corresponding ... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4170826 | Longitudinal measuring device with longitudinally displaceable scale A longitudinal measuring device is disclosed which includes a flexible scale mounted inside a tubular member. The tubular member defines a groove having overhanging flanges on each side of the groove and the scale is positioned inside the groove. The widt... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4170827 | Apparatus for measuring hair growth Apparatus for determining the rate of hair growth by measuring the length of selected hairs at various times. An illuminated transparent member is provided with a recess adapted to receive the hair longitudinally, and to maintain it in an extended conditi... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4170828 | Error correction apparatus for longitudinal measuring instrument An error correction apparatus adapted for use with a longitudinal measuring instrument is disclosed. In the preferred embodiment the correction apparatus is mounted on a measuring instrument having a longitudinal scale, a scanning unit movable along the s... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4170829 | Correction apparatus for longitudinal or angular measuring system An apparatus for compensating for errors in a longitudinal or angular measuring device includes one or more adjustment members arranged to contact the measuring scale of the measuring device and to deflect the scale out of the graduation plane. The deflec... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4170830 | Feeler for measuring lengths A feeler for measuring lengths operable in a controlled measuring direction provided as an additional device for two-coordinates measuring heads. The feeler includes a feeler lever which has one end designed as a circular feeler tip for feeling engagement... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4170831 | Bore gage A measurement instrument in the form of a bore gage comprises a tubular casing within which there is centered a longitudinal member, one end of which transmits its movements to a gaging device, and the other end of which is coupled to contact elements tha... | 10/16/1979 |
