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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4216547 | Injury protection device for athletes A device which is designed for use by athletes to protect against and prevent injury to the knees, lower extremities, ankles and feet, without restricting mobility or efficiency. The apparatus includes a dynamic system of components which are worn by the ... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4216548 | Long-term endoprosthesis A long-term endoprosthesis in which a relatively large part of the surface, which in the implanted condition makes contact with the bone of the wearer of the implant, is provided with electrodes. These electrodes are connected with a source of a low frequ... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4216549 | Semi-stable total knee prosthesis A three piece prosthetic knee joint comprised of a femoral component in the form of a shell member having convex condylar portions with an insert having a top surface with concave portions which receive said condylar portions of the femoral component and ... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4216550 | Hip joint mechanism A hip joint mechanism for adapting a leg prosthesis to a body adapter is disclosed which includes a hip hinge assembly having a hinge base and a hinge gate which pivot to accommodate pivoting of the leg prosthesis during sitting and a swivel assembly havi... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4216551 | Shampoo apparatus Disclosed is an improved shampoo tray device of the type having a tray with neck receiving aperture and side ridges which tray affixes to the individual being shampooed. The tray includes a first and second side channel formed within the tray extending al... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4216552 | Sink mounted infant bathing device An infant bathing device having the undersurface thereof contoured for being removably received in resting position on a double sink, the device having a first trough portion configured and contoured for receiving the body of the infant, the first trough ... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4216553 | Toilet with folding lid A toilet provided with a flushing device for flushing the toilet bowl, which is equipped with a spraying device at the bottom side of the toilet lid for spray-flushing the toilet bowl after the bowl has been flushed by its normal flushing device. The spra... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4216554 | Automatic freeze-proof drain system A system to protect piping and containers from damage by freezing of contained aqueous liquid includes a temperature-actuated SPDT switch connected at its movable contact to a rechargable battery. The fixed contacts of the switch are connected to two inpu... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4216555 | Dual flush system A dual flush system tank adapted to provide either a full flush or a partial flush at the option of the user. The control handle is actuated normally to produce a full flush. If a partial flush is desired, the control handle is held in its depressed condi... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4216556 | Extrication splint for accident victims An extrication splint for injury victims is provided which is assembled beneath the victim at the accident site and assumes the contour of the victim so that he need not be extended into lying position in order to fit on a conventional gurny. The structur... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4216557 | Honeycomb frame for beehives A honeycomb frame for a beehive is formed of a plurality of sectional members injection molded of a plastics material. Each sectional member consists of an elongated flat bar integrally secured to a right-angled corner part. One part of the corner part is... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4216558 | Water inlet adapter valve for boats This adapter consists primarily of a main body with an insert, which connects to the deck fitting of a boat, so as to enable a constant flow of water to be supplied, by a garden hose, to the boat's holding tanks, when the boat is at dock-side. The adapter... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4216559 | Life raft having a toroidal water ballast chamber A life raft, having a floor joined at its periphery to a flotation member, is formed with a flexibly-walled, depending, correspondingly water ballast chamber generally parallel and contiguous to the flotation member. The chamber may be compartmented for r... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4216560 | Deburring apparatus An apparatus for deburring workpieces such as profiles, tubes, metal sheets or the like, is provided which includes a housing and a deburring tool rotatably mounted within the housing about a horizontal axis such that the tool partially projects from the ... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4216561 | Implement for cleaning box culverts A machine operated implement for cleaning box culverts and other drains and waterways which are generally rectangular in cross section has an elongated body with a plow means at a forward end and a plunger means at a rearward end together with means for w... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4216562 | Sponge mop refill A sponge mop refill comprises a cellular foam body to which is affixed a thin, stiff, hard, planar backing strip. The backing strip is centrally cut out to provide needed flexibility as the refill is medially bent during the water extracting procedure. A ... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4216563 | Combined dry and wet carpet cleaner A base unit having a vacuum hose and vacuum head attachable thereto includes means for developing a source of low pressure. A detachably attachable housing supporting a conventional vacuum bag is mountable upon the base unit in fluid communication with th... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4216564 | Drapery hanger A drapery hanger having a support with a channel shaped track and a flexible tape secured to the upper margin of a drape and characterized by integral longitudinally spaced track-engaging parts each terminating in a V-shaped flange adapted for snap interl... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4216565 | Meat stripping machine for fowl A machine for automatically stripping the meat from a turkey leg or the like, has retaining means for gripping the leg and leg tendons adjacent the hocks and radially disposed stripping knives are driven longitudinally of the leg while being radially adju... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4216566 | Tenderizer An apparatus for tenderizing a comestible product, such as meat, comprising an intermittently advanced horizontal conveyor for conveying a product to be processed underneath a set of knives in a knife carriage supported for vertical reciprocation toward a... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4216567 | Flexible ornamental article and fastener therefor A fastener for connecting two parts of a flexible ornamental article comprises a sleeve, which is open at both ends and provided with first bayonet joint means adjacent to each end thereof, two plugs, each of which is provided with second bayonet joint me... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4216568 | Tensioning of metal wires A device for holding fencing or similar wire (single-strand or double-strand) to a structure such as a fence post, comprises a body having a first passage through which the wire passes. A second intersecting passage carries a ball or disc which is spring-... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4216569 | Method for installing a tube in a heat exchanger tube sheet A method for inserting a tube through a tubesheet aperture and expanding it into contact with the aperture's wall. A tube guide-expander device is assembled in an open end of a tube with a portion of the device protruding from the tube. The guide-expander... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4216570 | Method of assembling a shock absorber employing a coil spring A piston and cylinder motion dampening device having a spiral groove metering, an orificed two-way pressure relief valve or a screw-on spring or an over-extension limiting seal retainer. A push-together method of assembling a piston and cylinder motion dampeni... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4216571 | Methods and apparatus for inserting winding end turn phase insulation Methods and apparatus are disclosed for fabricating dynamoelectric machine stator assemblies in which end turns of the different windings are separated by winding end turn insulation. In one disclosed method, a plurality of phase insulators are deformed a... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4216572 | Replaceable gang head machine tool A replaceable gang head machine tool unit having a driving motor, the unit being mounted on a slide table arranged to be driven and advance in a given direction wherein: there is provided an annular rail comprising a rear stationary rail and a front movab... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4216573 | Three mask process for making field effect transistors A three mask method is provided for making a field effect transistor which includes the use of a first mask for defining first and second spaced apart diffusion regions, each having first and second ends, a second mask for defining a contact region at the... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4216574 | Charge coupled device A two-phase buried-channel charge coupled device wherein a doped layer of first type conductivity is formed with a predetermined doping concentration under a surface of a semiconductor body of second type conductivity. A first plurality of electrodes is f... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4216575 | Method of reforming the fins of a finned tube A method of reforming the fins of a finned tube is disclosed. The method comprises forming a tube having a plurality of internal longitudinal fins with a V-notch at the tip of the fins, and reforming the fins of the tube over a shaped plug, in long length... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4216576 | Printed circuit board, electrical connector and method of assembly A solderless electrical connector comprising a printed circuit board and electrical contact terminals mounted therein. A printed circuit board is fabricated to the construction stage wherein conductive circuitry interconnects plated through holes formed t... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4216577 | Portable standardized card adapted to provide access to a system for processing electrical signals and a method of manufacturing such a card A standardized access card is formed of a single or a pair of bonded sheets of material including a cavity within which is disposed an integrated circuit assembly for processing electrical signals arranged within the card. The thickness of the assembly is... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4216578 | Method for making an electric cable with improved takeouts The method for making a takeout, at a junction point on an electric cable covered by a continuous insulating sleeve, involves joining a conductor element at the junction by frictionally inserting the conductor element through a small opening at the select... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4216579 | Storage battery plate wrapping machine This invention relates to a plate wrapping machine for storage batteries. It comprises an embosser for embossing a flat microporous sheet pulled from a supply reel to obtain a storage battery separator, a plate projector for separating and projecting plat... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4216580 | Methods of and apparatus for assembling articles with a support A plurality of pins (24) held at opposite ends by carrier strip (48 and 50) is positioned within a pin applicator (54) where the pins are moved into nests (66) of a stationary jaw (56). As the pins (24) are moved by a movable jaw (58) into the nests (66),... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4216581 | Hair cutting appliance A hair cutting appliance includes a hair handling and vacuuming device having a hair passageway extending through the device from a forward intake portion to a rearward exhaust portion thereof. A barber's shear is positioned fixedly with respect to the de... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4216582 | Hedge trimmer A hedge trimmer has at least one moveable blade and a second blade. The second blade has trapezoidal teeth. The first blade has rectangular teeth which have a broadened end portion, but, contrary to the prior art, the teeth of the first blade are at least... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4216583 | Orthodontic appliance An orthodontic appliance is molded either from a ceramic material or metal. When a ceramic material is used, the color of the appliance may be a coordinated with that of a tooth. The appliance has a domed outwardly facing surface which is entirely curved ... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4216584 | Digitized distance measuring device The present invention relates to a distance measuring device which may be utilized as a caliper/scale to measure or mark distances without the use of an incremented linear object. A resistive strip is attached along a beam. Two reference devices are also ... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4216585 | Depth gage A depth gage for indicating the depth of a hole through a workpiece which is to be attached to a nut-plate by a threaded fastener, comprises a rod with a cylindrical portion adapted to pass through the hole and abut the nut-plate so that a forward section... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4216586 | Pipe inside diameter measurement gauge A tapered plug gauge is disclosed for making graduated determinations of the inside diameter of a pipe, permitting rapid and effective determination of those pipe lengths which are oversize. The invention has particular utility for certain applications su... | 08/12/1980 |
