Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4244057 | Nasal drip absorbing device A nasal drip absorbing device for use in cold weather includes an absorbent pad with a removable connection member at its underside, cooperative with a matching attachment member permanently secured to an article of clothing, so that the pad may be readil... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4244058 | Disposable cap construction A disposable paper cap features a size adjustable head-band having a pair of relatively telescoping male and female end flaps and formed with inwardly folded upper and lower hem portions separated by a single thickness intermediate section, and a pleated ... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4244059 | Nether garment for and method of controlling crotch odors Panty, panty brief, brief or other nether garment provided with a soft, nonbunching air permeable crotch panel provided with means for absorbing odorous molecules from ventilating air passing therethrough and a method of controlling the emission of odors ... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4244060 | Intraocular lens An intraocular lens includes a lens body and a plurality of lens-centering filaments extending outwardly in a common plane from spaced rim portions of the lens body. The lens is particularly adapted for implantation in the eye posterior chamber after extr... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4244061 | Urinals A urinal arrangement for flushless hygienic operation has a sealing trap with a bend portion having a bore of not more than 25 mm. The bore size produces "plug flow" through the trap so that liquid retained in the trap as a seal is displaced in use by new... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4244062 | Liquid dispenser A liquid dispenser for a flush tank includes a dispensing closure in engagement with an open top container for axial movement relative thereto, the closure having discharge ports therein defining flow passages between the interior and exterior of the cont... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4244063 | Therapeutic toilet seat A toilet seat for inducing bowel movements including an elongated buttock supporting member having a general curvature to overlie a portion of a toilet bowl upper surface, said buttock supporting member having a buttock contacting upper surface including ... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4244064 | Step stool construction A step stool defining a U-shaped opening in a rear portion of same with at least one elevated step in front of the U-shaped opening, whereby the stool may be received about a portion of the base of a toilet bowl. Threaded bolts are received in threaded op... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4244065 | Water bed construction Construction for a water bed including a bladder filled with water or other fluid, a foam rubber framing element which is provided with a bladder receiving recess which provides a peripheral frame for the bladder and an upper surface within the frame upon... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4244066 | Mattress assembly A mattress includes a recess for receivably seating a single-use receptacle having a screened opening for receiving fluids and wastes from the body of a bed patient. The sheet wrapping the mattress has an opening in registry with the receptacle opening. T... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4244067 | Hand tool for working with wire and cable A hand tool for use with electrical wiring and cable, and more particularly for use with coaxial cable. The tool combines into one tool all the tools normally required when working with electrical wiring and cable; such as tools for cutting, stripping, re... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4244068 | Method and apparatus for machining pipe collars A method and apparatus for machining pipe collars having internally tapered coaxial threads is accomplished by providing spaced sets of threading teeth on one side of a tool support bar of the numerically controlled machine with the spaced sets of threadi... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4244069 | Method and apparatus for binding sheets A method and material for binding sheets, the material being formed of a heat shrinkable plastic having a strip of hot melt adhesive down the center thereof, placement of a stack of sheets to be bound within a cover having at least the backbone or spine p... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4244070 | Sole with heel for women footwears or shoes, and method for quickly and economically making said soles with corresponding heels A sole-heel assembly for women shoes, particularly of the high heel type, made of a plastics material, is described, which is formed of a single piece and is provided, inwardly with respect to the heel, with a reinforcing core having a hole for the fixing... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4244071 | Compact rollover vehicle wash apparatus There is disclosed a vehicle wash apparatus including a wash arch frame carried on tracks extending longitudinally of a wash stall in which a car to be washed is parked. Overhead arms are pivotally carried on their respective one ends from an overhead tra... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4244072 | Metal tube cleaning apparatus A metal blade on a rotary cleaning tool for cleaning heat exchanger tubes, is insulated from companion cutting blades circularly spaced on the tube. A direct current voltage of low level is applied through the flexible cable and central shaft of the clean... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4244073 | Pipeline pig A pipeline pig including a generally cylindrically shaped body formed of an elastic material, the body having a diameter larger than the internal diameter of a pipeline into which the pig is to be thrusted, and a conical portion provided at the forward en... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4244074 | Pad applicator A pad applicator suitable for applying paint comprises a handle, an exterior applying layer and a resilient cushion interposed between the handle and the exterior applying layer. The exterior applying layer comprises two working zones, the first having a ... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4244075 | Pad holder for a scouring device A unitary molded plastic pad holder for a scouring device having a handle portion and a cupped bell portion. The bell is a spherical shell segment with a lower edge lying along a plane and a parallel flat portion with an opening for the pad-securing devic... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4244076 | Method and forming tool for the fabrication of a bristle support for a brush, especially a hair brush A method of, and apparatus for, fabricating a bristle support or carrier for a brush, especially a hair brush, having pin-like bristles is disclosed. In a first method step there are produced the rows of bristle pins interconnected with one another at the... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4244077 | Connection for windshield wiper A windshield wiper (10) is provided with parts for connecting a plastic windshield wiper blade assembly (11) to a wiper arm (14). The connecting parts include a side pin (30) carried by the wiper arm (14) having a keyway (75) at the end (71) thereof and a... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4244078 | Method and apparatus for cleaning film An apparatus for ultra-sonically cleaning any information bearing material, web, sheet, fiche, film or similar strip material is operable in two modes. The first mode is directed to cleaning the film, and employs a pair of air nozzles for nonevaporatively... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4244079 | Apparatus for cleaning a carpet on location A method and apparatus for cleaning a carpet on location without removing the carpet to a cleaning plant, the method comprising washing the carpet on location with an alkaline solution and neutralizing the alkaline residue left on the carpet after washing... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4244080 | Suction nozzles for vacuum cleaners A suction nozzle for a vacuum cleaner runs on rollers (4) at the ends of a suction passage (24) whose front and rear margins are defined by replaceable insert strips (7', 8', 9'; 7, 8, 9). The rollers have a cranked axle bar (5) supported at intervals by ... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4244081 | Hinge for spectacles A hinge for spectacles consists of two parts one of which one has a cam surface while the other part comprises a blind cylindrical housing in which are arranged at least one spring and one ball bearing, with the spring pushing the ball bearing against the... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4244082 | Arrangement for mixing textile fiber flakes An arrangement for mixing textile fiber in set quantity ratios, with at least two conveyers and at least two weighing feeders with scale tanks. Each conveyer has one weighing feeder with scale tank for delivering fiber flakes. Each conveyer has one convey... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4244083 | Cable clamp The disclosure describes a cable clamp which will adapt to and hold firmly cables of various diameters. The clamp includes a "U" shaped body member having a base from which parallel legs project. The outer surface of each of the legs carries a row of teet... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4244084 | Jointing of fabric ends A multi-layer papermarker's fabric is proposed wherein a helical coil is engaged individually with each of the plies of the fabric to define side-by-side loops protruding from the fabric end for interdigitation with corresponding loops at an opposed fabri... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4244085 | Pin for documents The present invention relates to an improved pin device which comprises a pinning means (hereinafter referred to as A means) and a fastening means (hereinafter referred to as B means). The present invention provides a fastener that does not loosen easily ... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4244086 | Zipper closure lock A locking member is secured permanently to one zipper operator as a pull tab and is selectively positionable onto a second pull tab of another zipper operator when the two are located in juxtaposition. A rod-like detent within the locking member is movabl... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4244087 | Separable slide fastener A separable slide fastener is disclosed which is provided with a separable end stop assembly comprising a pin member on one stringer and a socket member on the other stringer, both members being releasably interengageable to couple the stringers, and reta... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4244088 | Hose clip A hose clip wherein the housing is made of an originally flat sheet metal blank and has a tubular section for the shank of a rotary screw mating with one end portion of a band whose end portions extend through the tubular section between the thread on the... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4244089 | Method of constructing box springs or the like A mattress box spring and method of assembly comprising a plurality of substantially conical coil springs rigidly fastened at the spring ends of lesser diameter to a support frame such that the spring end coils of greater diameter lie in a substantially c... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4244090 | Device for attaching and removing rubber bearing about pipe stems A device for attaching and removing rubber bearings about pipe stems is disclosed having bearing grasping assemblies pivotly attached at opposite ends of a cross brace plate having an opening through which a rear grip assembly can slide, and having lever ... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4244091 | Hose crimping apparatus An apparatus for crimping a fitting onto a hose end is described of the type having radially directed crimping dies and an associated camming surface, and a ram piston for moving the dies relative to the camming surface causing the dies to displace radial... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4244092 | Hydraulic apparatus A shock wave transmitted through the fluid to the piston of hydraulic force apparatus provides additive shock force to steady hydraulic force.... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4244093 | Tubing slip pulling tool A tubing slip pulling tool for the removal of tubing slips from a well casing head comprising a substantially disc-like member; a centrally spaced circular opening to receive a tubing therethrough; and a plurality of radial slots circumferentially spaced ... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4244094 | Instrument for removing exchangeable blades from surgical scalpes The instrument for removing exchangeable blades from surgical scalpes consists of two arms /1 and 2/ connected with each other and forming approximately the shape of the letter "U" or "V". The end of the arm /1/ is provided with two protrusions /3 and 4/ ... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4244095 | 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... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4244096 | Speaker box manufacturing method A thermoplastic front frame having many small protrusions on the whole front face and many thorn-like sharp projections on the whole rear face. The frame is strongly forced onto a cloth with the front face of the frame being directed downwardly, so that t... | 01/13/1981 |
