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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4241457 | Energy impact dissolution and trauma reduction device A bullet-proof or similar protective garment incorporates therewithin segmented panels. The panels are employed to resist penetration of a bullet or other projectile. The panels are configured such that they are flexible or hinged under ordinary condition... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4241458 | Bunting for attachment to a seat A bunting for attachment to a seat, which seat may be used with a stroller or other vehicle, includes slits for receiving waist and crotch straps so that a child may be secured to the seat with the bunting either open or closed. The bunting includes a zip... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4241459 | Vest for photographers A vest-type garment is provided including right and left front panels removably securable together by a slide fastener. The opposite side portions of the vest defining those portions which extend over the shoulders of the wearer included elongated transve... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4241460 | Pull-on action slacks A pull-on slacks construction characterized by an elastic waistband which is "seamless" in the sense that there is no rear seam and the front joint of the band is hidden by a simulated flap, complete with buttons or the equivalent, offset laterally from a... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4241461 | Extensible length sleeve An extensible length sleeve which may be lengthened by the wearer utilizes a pair of seams to attach the sleeve cuff to the lower end of the sleeve. One of the seams is selectively removable to allow an underlying pleat in the sleeve fabric to be released... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4241462 | Diaper cover type garment A diaper cover type garment has a first panel with lateral edges which curve from a maximum near a rearward edge to an intermediate minimum corresponding to a between leg portion and which curve outward to a front edge. A second panel slightly and uniform... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4241463 | Prosthetic implant device A prosthetic joint for use in replacing the ball end of a biological joint, the replacement including a spherical head for insertion into a natural socket, an insert in the head and locked therein by an inwardly projecting ring in the head and a groove in... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4241464 | Fluid jet device A fluid jet device for removing foreign matter from a pool of liquid comprising a hollow substantially cylindrical housing including a housing channel formed therein, an elongated rotatably member including a convoluted spiral formed on the outer surface ... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4241465 | Waveless waterbed mattress Waterbed mattress having an internal honeycomb baffle structure for preventing undesired wavelike motion of the water within the mattress. The honeycomb structure is detached from the top wall so that it does not interfere with the normal flotation suppor... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4241466 | Safety bed sheet Discloses a safety bed sheet for use in preventing a child or elderly person from falling out of bed or from kicking off the covering blanket while sleeping. The safety bed sheet is in the form of a fitted bottom sheet and a superposed top sheet that is t... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4241467 | Method and system for two-queen operation and requeening of honey bee colonies Method and system for introducing a second queen into an established colony of honey bees for additional buildup of the worker bee force prior to the early honey flow, and for the eventual replacement of the resident queen. The established brood is divide... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4241468 | Adjustable shank slot dial The disclosed shank slot dial has two equi-diameter cylindrical members each having a like plurality of axial notches equally spaced around the circumferential surface of the member. Mating helical thread means formed on the members concentrically of the ... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4241469 | Sheet of polishing fibers comprising fibrous layers bonded with particles of thermoplastic material A sheet of polishing fibers with a double polishing face used for the purpose of cleaning or polishing all kinds of metal objects, wood or other materials. It can be used with water, soap and water and also dry without becoming clogged because it allows d... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4241470 | Mortar trough A tool or building construction implement is disclosed for use in constructing brick work, particularly for use by a bricklayer in construction of brick walls, or other brickwork, of conventional bricks and mortar. With use of the present invention, need ... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4241471 | Polishing apparatus A glass-polishing apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a glass polisher rotatably securable to the windshield wiper mount of a vehicle.... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4241472 | Carrying handle for a sewing machine A sewing machine handle is provided with depending legs which terminate in eccentric pads that are insertable in holes in the casing of the machine at the top of the bracket arm and are caused to engage the inside of the casing and support the machine whe... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4241473 | Off conveyor-line meat-handling apparatus An off-conveyor line meat cutting and handling apparatus is used in association with a conveyor track on which carcasses for cutting are transported; each carcass is suspended from a hook which has a yoke-member and rollers to permit travelling along the ... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4241474 | Mobile flax decorticator A mobile flax decorticator wherein the flax is collected in the field by passing the decorticator through the field and picking up the flax from swaths and the like, the flax straw is then decorticated by passing first through a shredder and then a decort... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4241475 | Waste remover for carding machine A carding machine waste remover includes a continuously evacuated chamber containing an adjustably movable array of parallel bars immediately adjacent the surface of revolution of a rotating card cylinder. The bars are each parallel to and equidistantly s... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4241476 | Wallet theft guard A wallet guard is disclosed for use with a wallet and adapted to be used when placed in a pocket having a lower seam and a pair of side seams defining the width thereof to prevent removal therefrom. The wallet guard comprises a base at one end of the guar... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4241477 | Paper clip There is disclosed an improved paper clip for retaining two or more pieces of paper together formed by a continuous U-shaped body having an upper wall and a lower wall being spaced apart a distance and joined at one end by a junction portion, the upper wa... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4241478 | Apparatus for shrinking of textile webs Apparatus for mechanically crimping and shrinking textile webs mainly comprises an elongated chamber through which the textile web is moved in a predetermined direction, at least two endless crimping grates arranged in said chamber and each including an e... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4241479 | Needle felt machine with a guiding apparatus for the needle beam Needle felt machine in which the needle beam worker arm is articulated on a supporting bearing.... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4241480 | Comb section pair of an expansion comb Comb section pair of an articulating expansion comb for processing textile threads or filamentary wires, including a first and a second comb section pivotally joined together at an axis of rotation in the vicinity of an end of each comb section, a group o... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4241481 | Method and apparatus for connecting the harness cords and the heddles of a harness A method and apparatus for connecting harness cords to the heddles which are eventually to be used in a weaving machine. A harness cord is threaded through an upper eyelet of the heddle and is turned back on itself with the connection being fixed by a shr... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4241482 | Deflection compensating roll A deflection compensating press roll is disclosed in which a stationary axial support beam has a roll shell mounted for rotation thereabout and a plurality of hydrostatic support elements provide support along the length of the roll. The support elements ... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4241483 | Method of making drill, bushings, pump seals and similar articles A method of making a drill bushing or a similar article, such as a pump seal, the method including metallurgically bonding tungsten carbide within a matrix to the steel blank by treating the combination in a vacuum, hydrogen, salt bath or other heating me... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4241484 | Method for assembling a fuel pump and motor A compact pump and motor assembly adapted for use as a fuel controller for an internal combustion engine fuel metering system. The assembly contains an electric motor, an interface housing assembly at one end of the electric motor and a pump housing assem... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4241485 | Method of manufacturing a chemical oxygen generator and a chemical oxygen generator construction A method of manufacturing a chemical oxygen generator using two plates and a chemical substance which produces oxygen through a chemical reaction and an isostatic pressing device, comprising, forming at least one depression between two flat portions of ea... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4241486 | Methods of making a reversing valve construction and a valve member therefor A reversing valve construction having a housing provided with a chamber carrying a movable piston-like valve member therein that controls ports of a valve seat of the housing through the relative position of a passage of the valve member relative to the p... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4241487 | Disposable unitary spline installation tool A disposable screen and spline installation tool for use to install screen material in a frame having a groove around one side edge which holds the screen peripherally with the aid of a retainer spline, the tool being a unitary body of elongate form havin... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4241488 | 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... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4241489 | Method of removing fastening elements from woven tape Gapping of slide fastener tapes is performed by cutting longitudinal connecting and supporting members carrying fastening elements on both sides of each element to be removed along perpendicular cutting lines. The fastening elements are then removed by pu... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4241490 | Method of applying metal sleeve to concrete reinforcing bar, metal sleeve and swaged connection A method of applying a metal sleeve to a concrete reinforcing bar by introducing between opposed surfaces of the sleeve and the bar, particles having a hardness greater than that of the bar and the sleeve and then compressing the sleeve on to the bar with... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4241491 | Method of installing captive type spark plug gasket with low profile locking tabs An improved locking type spark plug gasket in which the locking lugs are of such configuration as to lie within the vertical height of the sealing folds of the gasket. The configuration especially adapts it to receive a synthetic resinous coating applied ... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4241492 | Process for manufacture of valve seat The present invention concerns a method of manufacture of valve seats which comprises forming a series of vertically stacked molds each having at least one mold cavity with a configuration approximating that of a ring-shaped valve seat insert blank. After... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4241493 | Method of fabricating solar cell modules The solar cell module of this invention is fabricated by placing an array of solar cells in a suitable mold having a bottom surface, an entry port and an exit port. A light transparent superstrate effectively serves as the top for the mold and is placed o... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4241494 | Method of assembling an electrical device A method of assembling an electrical device. In this method, a contact plate for a PTCR is disposed exteriorly of a casing therefor, and extensions on the contact plate are deformed into releasable securing engagement with the casing exteriorly thereof.... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4241495 | Method and apparatus for disassembling wooden pallets A method and apparatus for disassembling wooden pallets is disclosed. The pallet disassembling apparatus includes a working table for supporting a pallet in an upright position for disassembly. The slats are detached from the ribs of the pallet to which t... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4241496 | Blade storage and selectable force impact termination tool A hand held termination tool which is used in conjunction with a termination blade for connecting conductor wires to terminals on a termination block has a handle within which is disposed a hammer assembly. A slide assembly is mounted in the handle yielda... | 12/30/1980 |
