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Lee deForest, American radio pioneer ; 1957
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4177522 | Survival belt A belt is formed of a single piece of high strength nylon line approximately 50-100 feet long attached to a belt buckle by a series of longitudinal loops which constitute the warp strands of a woven band. The weft strands of the band are woven through the... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4177523 | Artificial heart This invention relates to a fluid driven blood pumping apparatus for use as an artificial heart. This apparatus may be used as a temporary mechanical replacement or a permanent mechanical replacement for a malfunctioning heart. The apparatus of this inven... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4177524 | Medical securement element with abrasive grains on thread surface A medical securement element with a self-tapping screw thread is provided with biocompatible abrasive grains at the surface of the thread. The grains are preferably embedded in a layer of porcelain enamel on a metal substrate.... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4177525 | Reinforced artificial foot and method of making An improved construction and method of making an artificial foot characterized by a rigid keel portion comprising a molded plastic material having a metal reinforcing strip imbedded within said plastic keel portion near the lower surface thereof. This kee... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4177526 | Securing device for an intraocular lens An artificial lens is adapted to be implanted within the eye to replace the natural lens. A pair of arms projecting from the lens are held by a frangible thread such that the tips of the arms are spaced from but biased toward the peripheral portion of the... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4177527 | Latch on masquerader unit A stabilizing latch is provided for a combination unit having a fixed toilet bowl and a wash basin which is hingedly mounted on the unit and adapted to swing over the toilet bowl when the toilet bowl is not in use and to swing outwardly to permit use of t... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4177528 | Sanitary chairs A sanitary or commode chair has a wheeled chassis and an apertured seat adapted to be positioned over a W.C. The chair has side support arms which extend alongside a user seated in the chair. Each arm has an inturned end portion to provide front support f... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4177529 | Filter wrench A filter wrench includes a cylindrical housing with internal lugs and a centrally positioned punch for draining and removing a screw-on filter having an outer canister and an inner filter element. As the housing is impactively positioned over the filter, ... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4177530 | Buoy system for vertical ocean profiling A buoy system for obtaining oceanic data from a predetermined depth to the urface includes an instrument vehicle programmed to cycle between predetermined positive and negative buoyancy conditions. A flexible tether having a degree of stiffness and a posit... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4177531 | Device for adjusting and coupling amphibious vehicles A device for adjusting adjacent differently immersed amphibious vehicle or floating bodies to a common coupling level, in which the oppositely located end or side walls of the vehicle or floating bodies to be interconnected are provided with supporting ar... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4177532 | Rotary brush Disclosed herein is a device attachable by way of a flexible conduit to the hot and cold water outlets found in a home, the device comprising a hollow handle structure provided with a cylindrical interior insert which communicates the water from the flexi... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4177533 | Cleaning device A cleaning device has a main brush which picks up dirt from a surface to be cleaned and deposits it in dirt-collecting receptacles as the cleaning device is moved over the surface to be cleaned. A pair of additional brushes is mounted in corner regions of... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4177534 | Washing machine for cleaning cooking pots or similar articles Apparatus is disclosed for cleaning the inside and outside surfaces of a cooking pot. The apparatus includes an upwardly extending washer-scrubber unit for washing and scrubbing the inside surfaces of the cooking pot and a downwardly extending washer-scru... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4177535 | Polishing apparatus A portable polishing apparatus having an electric motor with a housing, a polishing wheel assembly detachably secured to the lower end of the electric motor shaft, and a handle grip secured to the electrical motor housing. The handle grip is in the form o... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4177536 | Kinetic brush agitator with back up beater bar The invention provides an agitator having a beater bar and brush configuration in which the brush is closely mounted relative to the beater bar so as to receive reinforcement from it during the cleaning operation so as to have a kinetic action.... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4177537 | Arm to blade connector A connector is provided for connecting one type arm end connector to a cross pin of a cross pin-type wiper blade. The connector has a body portion having a longitudinal axis with one part of the body portion receiving the end of a wiper arm and a second p... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4177538 | Windshield wiper element A windshield wiper element is disclosed which includes an elongated backing strip having a slot formed therein and a squeegee element having a bulbous head received in the slot. The backing strip has a plurality of breakage indications provided thereon at... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4177539 | Oscillating soot blower mechanism An accessory transmission mechanism for causing the lance of a soot blower of the well-known IK long travel type to oscillate about its longitudinal axis, rather than rotating continuously in the conventional manner during its projecting travel and during... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4177540 | Self-closing concealed hinge Concealed self-closing door hinge has pressure element operating in a slender box-like housing comprising parallel ears which closely juxtapose the sidewalls of the slot in which the hinge operates. This gives additional support to the door. Various means... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4177541 | Bicycle cable An armored cable assembly for locking cycles and the like comprising a cable with a welded inner fitting at each end surrounded by a metal sheet or conduit, the end of such sheet and said inner fitting extending into a cylindrical recess in each of a pair... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4177542 | Handhold insert for a twisted rope A handhold for a twisted strand rope comprising an elongated body of a length sufficiently long to span the palm of the hand of a user and of a circumference sufficient to be firmly grasped by the user's hand when the hand is closed. The outer surface of ... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4177543 | Display casket A display casket for removably holding a body display container having a continuous lateral flange around its upper periphery with the casket having a casing with front, rear and side walls, a bottom and a lid, with each of the walls having an upper surfa... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4177544 | Method of and apparatus for making tampons A carousel rotatable about a fixed axis carries a plurality of treatment units which are mounted on the carousel removably for easy repair and replacement. A supply fixed adjacent the carousel feeds a strip of pressable material tangentially toward the ca... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4177545 | Fastening method and product A method and product in which a stud or rivet-like element is secured in a base or two elements are hingedly connected by means of a pin, in which the stud or pin is prevented from rotating relative to at least one element. The at least one element is pro... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4177546 | Apparatus for inserting a resilient band on a container The disclosure herein describes a device for inserting a plastic bail band on a parenteral solution bottle equipped, adjacent its bottom edge, with a band-receiving recess; the device consists of a hollow cylindrically shaped member on top of which is pla... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4177547 | Method of manufacturing cable clips and device for applying the method The invention relates to an automatic method for obtaining directly a moulded finished product provided with nails, e.g. clips for tubes or electric cables. The method comprises successively at a first station an injection phase in a mould defined by a fi... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4177548 | Method and device for assembling coaxially interfitting parts A method and device for assembling pre-shaped pairs of coaxially mating parts in interfitting assembled relationship one within the other and briefly embodying the concepts of rotating the mating parts in unassembled positionally oriented relationship thr... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4177549 | Machine for mounting electrical components onto printed-circuit boards In apparatus for inserting the connecting leads of circuit component parts which are successively arranged along a feeder tape with the leads extending from the tape in a same direction, a mounting bracket is provided which is manually rotatable about a v... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4177550 | Machine tool with hollow structural steel members The bed and upright of a machine tool are made of structural steel tubes which are welded together to form unitary structures. Each of the structural steel tubes is substantially rectangular in cross-sectional shape.... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4177551 | Method of welding a arc battery intercell connector A method of forming a through-the-partition intercell connection between adjacent cell groups in a multicell, lead-acid storage battery. Plate strap lugs are positioned on either side of an aperture in a partition between adjacent cells. One of the lugs h... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4177552 | Method of making laminar batteries Thin flat electrical cells and batteries comprising frames formed with a central opening for receiving wet electrical cell components and made from a two layered structure of a high melting thermoplastic material and a lower melting thermoplastic material... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4177553 | Reinforced flexible printed wiring board An improved reinforced flexible printed wiring board is disclosed. The reinforcement in this printed wiring board is composed of a fabric woven from a yarn of plied continuous filaments of polyester and glass. The fabric is impregnated with an appropriate... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4177554 | Assembling leads to a substrate Solderable leads (22) of the type which project in parallel relationship from a continuous independent support rail (30) are rapidly and efficiently assembled to substrates (26) by simultaneously feeding a pair of the independent support rails (30) and th... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4177555 | Wire-wrapping tool for non-stripped wire A tool for wrapping insulated wire without first stripping or slitting the insulation is obtained by means of a novel bit configuration which crushes the insulation during the wrapping process causing the terminal corners to pierce and contact the wire co... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4177556 | Water dispensing razor A safety razor for a single edge type blade includes a longitudinal passageway through the handle with a lateral slotted opening in the shaving head over the blade. The lower end of the handle is connected by flexible tubing to a water faucet which suppli... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4177557 | Tube cutter with a ratchet handle A tube cutter comprises an elongated handle formed in two longitudinal halves and having a C-shaped head at one end also formed into halves and defining an opening through which a tube can be inserted, a C-shaped body rotatably mounted within the two half... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4177558 | Internal cutter for trimming plastic pipe A cutter for trimming plastic pipe which has been roughed in with an end projecting through an opening in a floor so that the trimmed end is in fixed relation, above or below, the surface of the floor. The cutter comprises a housing with its lower end rid... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4177559 | Internal pipe cutter An internal pipe cutter comprises a rotatable mandrel having a cutting drum and a guide drum mounted thereon. The guide drum is longitudinally adjustable relative to the cutting drum and controls the depth at which the cutting drum is received inside the ... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4177560 | Safety knife A safety knife with basic features of a switchblade knife comprising a pair of side plates, a blade, an interplate and a pin, wherein the blade has a locking slot at a top and another locking slot at a bottom thereof, a rack insertion hole and an opening ... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4177561 | Rotary cutting assembly An improved cutting assembly for rotary lawn mowers, edgers, trimmers or the like, including a body member arranged for rotating about an axis normal with the cutting plane. At least two cutting lines are attached to the body member on a compound spool fo... | 12/11/1979 |
