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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4258437 | Eye shade and method of producing eye shades An eye shade and method of producing an eye shade are disclosed. The eye shade comprises a bill member with a curved inner edge and a flange portion upstanding from the inner edge. A rim band or member with a straight lower edge is secured to the flange p... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4258438 | Garment for dressing out and skinning animals A disposable garment for hunters useful for field dressing out and skinning of large animals, such as deer and elk. The garment is formed of a transparent, waterproof material, and has gloves integrally connected to the ends of the sleeves. The gloves eac... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4258439 | Convertible garment This disclosure relates to a convertible garment capable of being utilized as a blanket, a cape, and a lap robe having a foot pocket, the garment including a generally rectangular shaped piece of material having first and second opposite parallel edges an... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4258440 | Clothes for the physically handicapped Provided is a garment adapted for wear by physically handicapped persons who are incapable of executing normal dressing movements. The garment comprises a front panel applicable to the front of the handicapped person's torso and a rear panel applicable to... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4258441 | Dual operated lateral thumb hand prosthesis A hand and lower arm prosthesis is provided for amputees who have the amputation stump of the lower arm muscularly connected to the upper arm, the prosthesis including a lateral thumb pinch utilizing a key grip with spring closure force connected to the u... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4258442 | Breast prosthesis with stiffening ribs The invention relates to a breast prosthesis consisting of an elastic material with a convex outer surface connected by means of an annular rim surface facing the body to a concave inside surface, stiffening ribs being provided on the concave inside surfa... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4258443 | Shielding for damp rooms Enclosure for wet chamber, particularly for bathrooms or shower rooms with several adjacent slideable partitions with each partition suspended in an upper guide rail and with a lower guide member consisting of an elongated, box-shaped adapter seated on th... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4258444 | Bath water level control system A water level control system for use with bath tubs includes a capacitive proximity switch disposed external to one wall of the bath tub. The vertical position of the switch is adjustable. The switch generates a signal when the water level is approximatel... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4258445 | Beds and adjustable body supporting assemblies An improved adjustable body supporting assembly which is distinguished by its capability to provide with a single power means the movement of a support and the additional movement of a pivoting second support portion in relation to the first such as the h... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4258446 | Infant bassinet and crib rocker A motorized infant rocking device is disclosed which will rock an infant resting in an infant seat or crib in a soothing manner for a predetermined period of time. In a first embodiment, the apparatus includes a track mounted to a stationary base and a gl... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4258447 | Bow-ram The invention relates to a bow-ram useful in connection with removing and replacing canvas bows on trucks. The structure of the device comprises an elongated handle carrying a forked portion at one of its ends which forked portion carries a hammer structu... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4258448 | Method of dispersing, emulsifying materials with phosphoric acid esters Water-soluble phosphoric acid esters which are prepared from polyols and/or epoxides, in some cases polycarboxylic acids or their derivatives and phosphoric acids in the molar ratio 1:(0 to 1.5):(0.05 to 1.5), the sum of the numbers of mols of the carboxy... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4258449 | Stiffener for shoes or the like A strip which will form a rigid shoe stiffener, such as a shoe shank, is applied to the surface of a shoe to be stiffened, such as to the bottom of an insole. The shank strip is flexible and includes a carrier sleeve or envelope containing a plurality of ... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4258450 | Apparatus for blowing and suctioning fiber fly from textile machines A mobile apparatus for pneumatically blowing and suctioning fiber fly or lint from textile machines by means of blowing and suctioning means respectively connected to a common fan by means of nozzles and suction members which sweep past the textile machin... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4258451 | Surface sweeping machine A sweeping machine is disclosed including a planar pleated filter and a striking mechanism for removing collected dust from the pleated filter. The striking mechanism includes an elongated strap which overlies the pleated filter. A rotatably driven eccent... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4258452 | Fish scaler A method and apparatus for scaling a fish by hand is disclosed wherein the apparatus includes a handle and a scraping element connected to the handle. The scraping element includes at least one row of serrated teeth projecting from a surface of the scrapi... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4258453 | Card frame A card has a frame including two parallel-spaced, rigidly supported side walls having lateral surfaces, a lickerin and a doffer disposed between the side walls and mounted on the lateral surfaces thereof; and carding organs situated between the lickerin a... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4258454 | Apparatus for feeding fibres to a carding machine Apparatus for feeding fibres, and particularly worsted fibres to a carding machine that may be a conventional worsted card or conventional cotton card. The apparatus comprises a stationary feed plate (1), a rotatable feed roller (2) and a rotatable takeri... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4258455 | Method for classifying fibers A process and mechanism for the dry screen forming of fibers to attain a dispersion in air of substantially individual fibers from which a fibrous sheet is formed. Fibrous nits, pills and flocs are removed from the dispersion by rolling the nits, pills an... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4258456 | Shoelace holder A pair of devices mountable on a shoe for anchoring a center of a shoe lace, each device, in one design, including a leather pad affixed to the shoe and a removable cap being attached on top of it by means of a tongue and clamp securement, the shoe lace b... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4258457 | Method for coating and crimping synthetic thermoplastic Synthetic thermoplastic fibers are produced by drawing the fibers, applying a finishing agent to the drawn fibers, and crimping the fibers in the presence of steam in a crimping zone wherein there are present a defined first region of low but increasing s... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4258458 | Blank for stone setting A blank for a stone setting comprising a base and prongs extending radially therefrom, said blank having a planar lower side and a notched upper side, the notches at the upper side defining at the junctions of the prongs with the base hinges which enable ... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4258459 | Machine for automatically preparing and introducing closure sliders inside annular hollow members for producing annular spring safety catches for necklaces, bracelets and the like A machine for preparing and introducing closure sliders inside annular hollow members for producing spring safety catches for necklaces and the like, consisting of two operative unitsets, each comprising a table rotatably mounted about a vertical axis and... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4258460 | Method of making a heat exchanger A heat exchanger assembly of the type having a heat transfer core element which includes a plurality of fins in parallel stacked relationship for defining heat transfer surfaces and a plurality of fluid carrying tubes extending transversely through the fi... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4258461 | Apparatus for applying belt fasteners to a belt An apparatus is disclosed for riveting two elements together utilizing upper and lower plate fastener portions wherein means are provided for securing the lower plate fastener portions in an aligned relationship with an underlying anvil base. Also provide... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4258462 | Method of assembling threaded base to a projectile A torque adapter apparatus for threading an externally threaded base member aving a smooth bore rear end to an internally threaded tubular projectile housing. The adapter utilizes a biased pegged locking plate member to initially retract a plurality of per... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4258463 | Track mounting tool and method A tool (12) for mounting a track assembly (11) on a track-type vehicle comprises first (18) and second (39) attachments for being interconnected between a drive sprocket (10) and the track assembly (11). A flexible connector (35) has its ends attached to ... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4258464 | Method of forming fastening system A fastening system utilizes a tapered plug configured to be matingly received in an elongate, buttonhole-like slot. The slot has an enlarged receiving portion into which the tapered plug can be axially inserted, and a narrower retaining portion having a c... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4258465 | Method for fabrication of offset gate MIS device An offset gate MIS device is fabricated by forming an insulating film with a gate insulator portion as a part thereof on the surface of a semiconductor substrate having one conductivity type, providing a gate electrode on a portion of the insulating film,... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4258466 | High density electrically programmable ROM An electrically programmable memory array of the floating gate type is made by a process which allows the edges of the floating gates to be aligned with the edges of the control gates which also form address lines. Contacts to individual cells are not nee... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4258467 | Method of making transformer A primary coil and N secondary coils of insulated electrically conductive wire are wound side-by-side about a ferrite core. Every T turns, the wire forming the secondary coils is wound over a separator strip forming an array of loops. A pair of spaced par... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4258468 | Forming vias through multilayer circuit boards A via (21) is formed in a multilayer printed circuit board (10) by initially etching apertures (14) in the land areas (13) of the circuit pattern on the layers (11) prior to uniting the layers. A beam (16) of laser energy is then directed through the aper... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4258469 | Apparatus and method for installing electrical connectors In apparatus and method for installing a multi-contact electrical connector at the terminus of a multi-conductor cable, a plurality of electrical contacts are inserted in a dielectric body member of the connector with the installed adjacent contacts space... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4258470 | Shaving apparatus A shaving apparatus has a circular shear plate provided with hair-entrance apertures and a cutting unit associated with and rotatable relative to the shear plate. The cutting unit comprises a cutting member having a circular central body and a hair-pullin... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4258471 | Razor handle A razor handle for a razor blade assembly adapted to be movably mounted on the handle, the razor handle having opposed and aligned journal means disposed on arm portions, the arm portions being movable toward and away from each other reciprocally and axia... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4258472 | Shear An elongated pressure sensitive adhesive element for attachment within a recess on a component part of a shear, the upper side of the sheet carrying indicia for indicating the manufacturer or distributor or seller of the shear. The shear has pivoted cross... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4258473 | Dandelion whip This small hand operated yard tool is designed and invented specifically for the individual home owner to cut off dandelion flowers from their lawns. The tool consists of a four by six and one-half inch blade with a double edged row of triangular shaped c... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4258474 | Method and apparatus for aiding measurement of preformed tubes A method of measuring the bends in a preformed tube by locating in space, with a mechanical tube-engaging apparatus, the centerline of each straight tube section. Where the bends are measured of a tube which is longer than the physical boundaries of the a... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4258475 | Golfer's sighting device A sighting device for enhancing a golfer's putting accuracy comprises an elongated vertical sight and a liquid level, which are provided by a compact hand-held, semitransparent or translucent casing with particular indicia and contained liquid. After the ... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4258476 | Dryer for particulate material A dryer for particulate material, especially wood chips, to render them suitable for burning comprising an enclosure, spaced baffle plates in the enclosure dividing the enclosure from bottom to top into three chambers; an intermediate drying chamber for h... | 03/31/1981 |
