"What can be more palpably absurd than the prospect held out of locomotives traveling twice as fast as stagecoaches?"
The Quarterly Review ; March edition, 1825
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4228547 | Reinforced clothing component and method of making same This disclosure has to do with the stiffening of clothing components, such as collars, cuffs, etc. which, in the past, has been effected by means of separately formed stiffening elements. In lieu of providing a separately formed stiffening element which m... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4228548 | Athletic glove An athletic glove comprises a glove body having a substantially planar configuration and which is adapted to be wrapped about the hand, wrist, and arm portions of an arm extremity. First and second rigid brace members are disposed within pockets formed wi... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4228549 | Deodorizer footwear Footwear comprising socks or stockings are woven of a synthetic resin yarn in which activated charcoal is present in powder and small particle form in sufficient quantities to deoderize foot odors that may be present when the socks or stockings are worn.... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4228550 | Distal urinary replacement prosthesis An implant prosthesis for surgically by-passing the distal portion of the natural urethral tract for the removal of biological liquids, especially urine, consists of one or more artificial ureters disposed in a conical sheath connected with flexible tubin... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4228551 | Baby toilet The present invention relates to a portable baby toilet, comprising a toilet bowl which serves also as a cover, a basal part and a handle.... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4228552 | Bathtub wall-surround A wall-surround, as for a bathtub, defined by multi-interconnected panels, and featuring holding members and/or grab bars secured by threaded means to conventional studding of the framework of the structure behind the wall-surround panels.... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4228553 | Storage and dispensing apparatus for swimming pool vacuum hose A portable or stationary apparatus incorporating a reel for storage of the swimming pool vacuum hose and a means for submerging the hose as it is unwound into the pool, assuring thereby the filling of the hose with water coincident with its being dispense... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4228554 | Toilet for animals A toilet for animals includes a user platform on which an animal stands while eliminating body waste which passes through a generally central opening in the user platform. The upper surface of the user platform is inclined downwardly toward the central op... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4228555 | Water bed sheet frame Disclosed herein is a frame network to be used in association with a water bed to secure the bed sheets thereon defined by a pair of spaced rectangular frames disposed along the top edge of a water bed in which the top most rectangular frame pivots relati... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4228556 | Automatically energizable lifesaving equipment A lifesaving apparatus for use on ships and other types of water sustained vessels which is characterized by the fact that it can be actuated by a person who has fallen overboard without the intervention of on-deck personnel. The lifesaving apparatus is m... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4228557 | Apparatus for treatment of the person An apparatus for personal hygiene is disclosed having a vertically reciprocating brush which is adapted to rotate about its axis. The rotatable brush projects from a housing which is mounted on a wall such that it is possible to bring the body into the pa... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4228558 | Water impeller brush and massage A shower massage head having rotating brushes and an outlet for a shower including intake and outlet conduits connected to a rotor. The rotor blades are so arranged that they do not extend to the center of the rotor thereby providing relief against back p... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4228559 | Brush device A device for washing dishes and drinking utensils is provided using a faucet attached, water-powered rotating brush. Water jet action provides the motive force and the water can also be used to aid in washing.... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4228560 | Lower guide for a sliding partition Lower guide for a sliding partition for bath and shower rooms with sliding doors suspended from above extending down into a guide slot of an elongated lower guide member open at the top and confined by two lateral guide walls and a bottom. Pivotal means a... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4228561 | Shock pivot hinge A shock pivot hinge for the upper corner of a door at its hinge side includes an upper jamb leaf and a door leaf below it having an inner side for engaging the face of the door and also having an end portion provided with a vertical opening. The jamb leaf... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4228562 | Bilateral swingable self-closing door hinge A self-closing door hinge which may be mounted for clockwise or counterclockwise opening of a door. Hinge arms are provided which permit the hinge socket part and hinge axle to be uprightly oriented irrespective of the orientation of the hinge leaves to w... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4228563 | Drive apparatus of a can for depositing textile fibre slivers Drive apparatus for a spinning can (4) effecting a rotational movement about its own axis (a) for depositing textile fibre slivers on spinning preparatory machines. The axis (a) of the can itself rotates about an axis (b) which is fixed relative to the ro... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4228564 | Top arms for textile fibre roller This invention relates to top arms for textile fibre roller drafting mechanisms, and in particular structure associated with same to permit the exclusive use of low ratio springs to change the pressure on the top rollers between at least two force magnitu... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4228565 | Strap for forming a readily disengageable anti-reverse sealless strap connection A metal strap segment is provided for forming a loop about compressible material and has a first joint-forming portion on one end and a second joint-forming portion on the other end, each of the joint-forming portions containing an array of longitudinally... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4228566 | Slide fastener stringer A slide fastener stringer includes a warp-knit stringer tape comprising a first set of yarns forming a knit ground structure containing stitch loops in every course and wale of the tape, and a second set of yarns knit in the ground structure and each exte... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4228567 | Buckle assembly for seat belt A buckle assembly for seat belt comprises cover means consisting of a first and a second cover member forming a tongue insertion opening and a hollow chamber connected to the opening. The first cover member has a push button operating opening connected to... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4228568 | Releasable fastener for aircraft ejection seats A releasable fastener for securing together lap belt straps, shoulder harness straps and a parachute ripcord lanyard. The fastener includes a buckle member or release assembly on one lap belt interengageable with a tongue member or link assembly on the ot... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4228569 | Identification badge clip A two-piece clip comprises a rigid base member having upward arms embracing a Z-shaped spring member. A fulcrum is provided where the arms meet the outer run of the spring member. Jaws are provided on the adjacent ends of the respective members.... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4228570 | Electroding preparation apparatus An apparatus is provided for forming a large area photovoltaic cell into a plurality of photovoltaic cells on a common substrate and preparing the individual cells for an overlying layer of conductive material. A tool bit is urged against the polycrystall... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4228571 | Hydraulic support element A hydraulic support element for mounting a movable part at a stationary support or carrier, comprising an elongate support ledge having a bearing surface for slidingly supporting the movable part. The support ledge together with the support or a part arra... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4228572 | Heat exchanger assembly A heat exchanger assembly and method for making the assembly. The assembly includes a compartment having at least two sides to define at least one corner. A first plate member which defines the sides and the corner has at least one embossment on each side... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4228573 | Method for assembling heat exchangers Method and apparatus are disclosed for rapidly assembling a heat exchanger comprised of perforated fins, a pair of perforated headers and a plurality of reverse bent tubes as the fins are being stamped from sheet stock. The parts are assembled on a pallet... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4228574 | Automated liquid crystal display process An automated liquid crystal display (LCD) film fabrication process. Automation is facilitated by use of strips, preferably continuous, of plastic film on proposed surface of which corresponding electrode patterns are defined. Liquid crystal material and s... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4228575 | Tank closure assembly A tank closure assembly adapted to releasably couple tank sections formed by transversely splitting an integral bag-molded fiber-reinforced tank. The assembly includes external circumferential flanges secured to the tank sections adjacent their severed fa... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4228576 | Tension control of fasteners There is disclosed a technique for tightening threaded fasteners in which values of offset torque, initial tension rate relative to angle, final tension rate relative to angle and other joint related factors are empirically determined by instrumenting a p... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4228577 | Method of making rotary type wheels Resilient tongues project from a central hub and carry two or more type members. The hub is rotated to a position in which the tongue carrying the desired type member is in a printing position facing a paper supporting platen. The hub is then shifted alon... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4228578 | Method for off-orientation point rotation sawing of crystalline rod material A method is provided for point rotation sawing of crystalline rod material at off-orientation angles wherein the crystalline rod is encapsulated in a molding media forming a cylindrical geometric encapsulation containing the rod with its crystallographic ... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4228579 | Method and apparatus for winding a strip of film and for inserting it in a cassette A method and an apparatus of cutting a strip of film and a protective paper tape to length, winding them and inserting them into a cassette. The strip of film is wound together with the protective paper tape which is offset in the longitudinal direction a... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4228580 | Process for making wrought, lead-calcium battery grid alloy having high temperature tensile strength stability Process for making wrought, recrystallized, leadcalcium, battery grid alloy having high temperature tensile strength stability and excellent corrosion resistance involving rapidly, unidirectionally, cold rolling a cast lead alloy strip containing about 0.... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4228581 | Method for producing semiconductor bodies having a defined edge profile which has been obtained by etching and is covered with a glass A method for producing semiconductor bodies having a glass covered defined dge profile from a semiconductor wafer comprising the steps of applying etch resistant protective coating to a surface oxide layer on the semiconductor wafer, cutting groove-shaped ... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4228582 | Automatic production system for printed-wiring boards Provided in this invention is an automatic production system for printed-wiring boards by delivering and transferring the drilled and contoured copper-clad bases one by one successively by an automatic transfer means such as conveyor and performing the ne... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4228583 | Screw socket assembly device Device for securing screw-shell in lamp socket housing. The device comprises a fixed mandrel for holding the terminal tab of the screw-shell which projects through a slot in the housing and a rotatable mandrel on the fixed mandrel for bending the ears adj... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4228584 | Method of electrical connector An electrical connector having a head that includes a bottom and two upstanding, parallel, spaced ridges or members. The bottom and the upstanding members define a slot or groove adapted to receive an electrical wire. The end of a wire such as an electric... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4228585 | Animal nail clipper A nail clipper for clipping the nails of an animal such as a dog, cat or the like which allows for the clipping of an individual nail at the desired length to prevent injury or improper length cutting for the animal. The device includes a hand-actuated cl... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4228586 | Shaving apparatus Shaving apparatus including a shaver head portion, a handle portion and a liquid conveying portion, the shaver head portion including a substantially planer face, at least one razor blade disposed adjacent to the face with the sharpened edge thereof exten... | 10/21/1980 |