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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4194247 | Wearable ventilation system A ventilation system to be worn by an individual whenever cooling of the external surface of his body is required such as when wearing an industrial protective garment such as a rain suit which comprises a manifold for receiving ventilating gas and distri... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4194248 | Protective mitten A protective mitten or glove which allows a person to have moisture retained on their hands, but allows normal household activities or sleeping without soiling clothing or the surroundings.... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4194249 | Jogging and running athletic sock The present athletic sock is particularly suitable for jogging and running and is provided with terry loop shock absorber cushions in the heel and ball areas to form a relatively great terry loop density for protecting and cushioning the heel and ball are... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4194250 | Load-stabilizing prosthetic joint and connecting component thereof A load-stabilizing prosthetic joint is comprised of three basic components. A first component is adapted to be associated with a first bone and has an arcuate bearing surface and a shank terminating in a headed member. A second component is adapted to be ... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4194251 | Overflow valve The present invention relates to an overflow valve provided with actuating means for a discharge valve, especially intended for bath-tubs. The actuating means are mounted in the bottom of a cup-shaped housing provided with apertures for the outlet of wate... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4194252 | Bistable trip overflow lever An escutcheon plate for the bath overflow fitting conventionally mounts a trip lever for operating the bath drain plug. The center of the lever is pivoted on the escutcheon plate to provide an outer handle end and an inner crank end. The outer handle end ... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4194253 | Person-lifting device A lifting device for a person confined to a bed, including a vertically movable lifting element in the shape of a stiff yoke to extend transversely of the person, the yoke having a neck portion to extend above the person and ending in two opposite spaced ... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4194254 | Floor-supported cushion assembly and method of making same A floor-supported cushion assembly comprising a seat pad of foam material encased in one end portion of a fabric envelope, a back pillow consisting of a pillowcase filled with shredded polyurethane foam and received in the other end portion of the envelop... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4194255 | Foam spring Elastic springy element, characterized by the fact that it consists of a mainly tubular body, made of synthetic foam material or the like, whereby the wall of the body displays a number of hollows, in staggered symmetry the cross-sectional surface of whic... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4194256 | Wire installing tool A wire installing tool for inserting wire into a multifingered electrical connector comprising a handle containing a reversible elongated stem having recesses on both ends; the recesses being sized differently in depth to adapt to electrical connectors ha... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4194257 | Life vest safety harness An improved life vest with an accompanying safety harness is comprised of a life vest body which body is provided with a pliable cushion member mountable about the torso of the wearer. An elongated flexible strap member is secured about the outer surface ... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4194258 | Machine for reaming tubes of different lengths A machine for reaming heat exchanger tubes of different lengths includes a drive head, or central power unit; a pair of concentric tubes which are removably attached to the drive head and extend rearwardly from it; and a drive shaft having a drive piston ... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4194259 | Attachment means for industrial push broom handles A means to attach the back of a push broom to a handle comprises two angular members each having a first flange which is positioned face to face with the corresponding flange of the other member. The second flange of one member is screwed to the top of th... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4194260 | Rotary cleaning device A new rotary cleaning device especially suited for cleaning dirt and debris from conveyors consists of one or more pluralities of T-shaped members mounted around a central mandrel with the cross-bars touching the mandrel exterior surface and providing res... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4194261 | Heated wiper arrangement A heated wiper arrangement for windshields and like surfaces including an elongated backing member having means along the inner face area thereof to retainingly receive an elongated wiper blade longitudinally therealong. A heating element is closely assoc... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4194262 | Vacuum extraction cleaning machine A vacuum extraction cleaning machine adapted for coin operated applications. The cleaning machine comprises a remote cleaning tool for spraying cleaning solution upon an area to be cleaned and for extracting dirty cleaning solution through vacuum suction.... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4194263 | Scrubbing machine with water regeneration A scrubber is disclosed including an applicator for applying a cleaning solution, a rotary brush for working such solution on the soiled surface and a pick up section for removing the cleaning solution and suspended soilage from the surface being scrubbed... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4194264 | Door check device A releasable latch, for attachment to a door check unit having a cylinder and a piston, and serving releasably to secure a door in an open position. A lever is freely slidable along the rod of the piston and is tiltable on the rod for releasable locking e... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4194265 | Door holder A door holder includes an elongated housing which has at least one first fixing member which is located on the housing in correspondence with a desired open position of the door. An elongated guiding sleeve is movably mounted in the housing for movement l... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4194266 | Adjustable roller mechanism An adjustable roller mechanism for a sliding closure having a case attachable to the sliding closure and a roller-mounting bracket mountable thereon for adjustable movement to varying positions extending from the case. A smooth surfaced cam is rotatably m... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4194267 | Handling pork loins Hog loins or other meat items are trimmed to a base weight by severing from one relatively uniform end of each loin a single portion having a length determined by the amount of actual weight of said loin which exceeds the base weight multiplied by a facto... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4194268 | Apparatus and method for separation of sausage chubs An apparatus and a method are provided in which a connecting portion between sausage chubs is positioned in an inner end of a slot in a guide structure and a blade unit is then moved within the guide structure to sever the connecting portion. In one embod... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4194269 | Apparatus for removing cotton or the like from a bale Apparatus for removing a layer of predetermined thickness from a bale of fiber material including an array of rigidly secured, juxtaposed, vertically oriented tines and carriers for moving the tines downwardly to a selected depth in the bale and then hori... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4194270 | Apparatus for laying fiber fleeces or the like on a moving withdrawal belt A device is disclosed for laying fiber fleeces or the like delivered from a carding machine of the like onto a withdrawal belt driven at a predetermined speed. The device comprises a feed belt driven at a predetermined speed, storage, layer and balance ca... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4194271 | Apparatus for releasably retaining articles in pockets and the like A plate-like housing is adapted to be secured to a wallet, or other pocket-sized valuable, and has formed therein a channel which is substantially transverse to the direction of the article or valuable withdrawal from a clothing pocket, or the like. A pai... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4194272 | Device for seamless attachment of buttons Device for seamless attachment of buttons for use on buttons provided with conventional holes, comprising a base element to be placed under the button between the button itself and cloth, wherein such a base element comprises through holes intended to at ... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4194273 | Attachment for fishing lines and tackle This invention relates to an attachment for fishing lines and tackle and comprises two members moulded from thermo-plastic material and being adapted to be flexibly snap-locked to each other, one member being a primary member for attachment to a main fish... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4194274 | Garment grip construction for hangers A clamp type garment hanger including a garment grip construction is disclosed. The hanger includes at least one clamp having a pair of hinged clamp members, each of which includes an inner surface. A spring clip biases the inner surfaces of the clamp mem... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4194275 | Spreader roll A spreader roll for web processing machines used in the paper, textile, and plastic industry. The roll has a stationary shaft on which a roll structure is rotatably mounted. A plurality of rigid cylinder segments form the surface of the roll structure. Th... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4194276 | Connector holding fixture Fixture for supporting an electrical connector and positioning wires in spaced relationship to the connector in preparation for insertion of the wires into the connector comprises a channel-shaped frame member having a web and sidewalls. The external surf... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4194277 | Method and device for stamping ball retainers This invention provides for stamping of the platforms of a ball retainer on one side of the surface of the metal band and of the spherical seats on the other side of the surface of the band in a single continuous operation or in several operations. Two ma... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4194278 | Broadhead and field point extractor tool A tool is disclosed for the extraction of broadhead and field point arrowheads from objects in which they are embedded by removing the shaft from the arrowheads, securing the extractor tool directly onto an embedded arrowhead, and applying pressure so as ... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4194279 | Apparatus for supporting two universal joint shafts and equipment comprising a strip-treating stand adapted to be driven by said universal joint shafts Two universal joint shafts for driving a pair of working shafts of a strip-treating stand are arranged one over the other and adapted to be shortened so as to be uncoupled from said working shafts. For a replacement of one or both working shafts, the unve... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4194280 | Process for the manufacture of rigid and impervious insulating panels Machines and process for making in a continuous operation a prestressed glass reinforced, thermally insulating panel, structurally stiff, and totally impervious, of indefinite length and with a cross-section shaped as an elongated parallelogram. Steps for... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4194281 | Apparatus and method for stripping wire leads Apparatus and method for making a wire lead which comprises a pair of insulated stranded conductors encased in an insulating jacket, with a two-pronged plug at one end and either untwisted or twisted bare or tinned wires with or without terminals at the o... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4194282 | Method and apparatus for filling seams between adjacent fiber blanket insulation modules Gaps or seams between adjacent modular refractory fiber blanket insulation modules are filled by inserting therein strips of refractory fiber blanket. The strips are bent into a U-shape over a blade or plate and then inserted between two spreader members,... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4194283 | Process for the production of a single transistor memory cell In the production of V-MOS single transistor memory cells a simplification of the previous technology is disclosed wherein a process is utilized without epitaxial processes and with a minimum of doping processes. First the source and the drain zone of a f... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4194284 | Method of making insulated construction element Two elongated metallic profiles each formed with two pairs of flanges each of which forms a longitudinally extending groove are positioned with the two grooves of each profile parallel and opening toward the two grooves of another such profile. An elongat... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4194285 | Method of making a field effect transistor A field effect transistor having a gate on the bottom of a groove in a body of semiconductor material with the source and drain being on a surface at opposite sides of the groove is made by first forming a recess in the surface of the semiconductor body. ... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4194286 | Johnny bolt cutter The cutter comprises a cylindrical pipe closed at one end by a plate having a plurality of eccentrically spaced holes. The pipe is externally threaded into the internally threaded pipe with a closed end having an eccentrically located hole for mounting ov... | 03/25/1980 |
