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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4264987 | Goggles The goggles have two eyepieces connected by an elastomeric strap forming a nosepiece, the length of which is adjustable by loosening a pair of adjustment screws. Each eyepiece has an upper contour portion having a smooth incurve to conform to the upper ey... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4264988 | Protective splash goggle A protective goggle for protecting a wearer's face from the entry of chemical splash or other deleterious liquids into the protected facial region including a goggle frame and lens adapted for mounting on the wearer, the goggle frame having an opening for... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4264989 | Artificial larynx An improved acoustical artificial larynx comprises a sound chamber having an air inlet, an outlet for vibrating air, a mouth air discharge communicating with said outlet, a tone-producing element having an edge that is vibratable in the human voice range ... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4264990 | Mammary prosthesis This invention relates to a mammary prosthesis and a method of implanting same. The prosthesis comprises a flexible backing and a soft front envelope, for example, of the inflatable or prefilled type. The flexible backing defines, at least one internal pa... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4264991 | Foldable bathtub liner tank A foldable tank for a bathtub in the nature of a plastic liner having an external frame that rests on the edges of the bathtub. A plastic sheet conforms to the interior surface of the tub and is held there by hydrostatic pressure when in use. The sheet is... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4264992 | Paper sheet cartridge A paper sheet cartridge from which shaped paper sheets are dispensed and positioned on a toilet seat including a flat container having an open end and a partition, a stack of sheets having one end extending through the container open end and the other end... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4264993 | Method for space dyeing yarn A method and apparatus for the space dyeing of yarn while the yarn is in the form of a loosely gathered package, such as a conventional yarn skein, and which includes injecting an atomized spray of dye and air at a plurality of spaced apart locations in t... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4264994 | Articulated flippers for hands and feet, with a surface variable during swimming The present invention concerns articulated flippers for hands and feet, with a variable surface during swimming, for use by an amateur or a professional, as well as for subaqueous swimmers. These flippers can be used for different swimming styles, such as... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4264995 | Insulation support fixture and method of making the same The present invention is directed to a method of manufacturing a support fixture for securing thermal insulation, such as glass wool batts and the like, to air conduit ducts forming parts of heating and air conditioning systems. The device comprises a met... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4264996 | Suspension-cable support saddle for track-type suspended railway A suspended railway has a track hung via a plurality of hangers from a suspension cable which is supported at intervals at the tops of towers. A beam is provided at each of these towers which bows the track when unloaded downwardly at the tower. A saddle ... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4264997 | Wiping arrangement for wiping a vehicle window A wiping arrangement for wiping a vehicle window has a rotatable output shaft, a wiper shaft connected with a wiping element, and pendulum elements for converting the rotary movement of the output shaft into the pendulum movement of the wiper shaft. The p... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4264998 | Windshield wiper flexor In a wiper assembly (10) for a windshield, a window, a headlight, or the like, including a flexor (20) for a resilient wiping element (21) having laterally extending tabs (45,46) and lateral indents (55,56) defined on the flexor by the lateral edges (33,3... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4264999 | Rotary flooring surface treating device A flooring surface treating device which can be used to spray a liquid cleaning solution onto a rug and then vacuum remove it, or else spray a wax-removing solution onto a wooden or tile floor surface and then vacuum remove it, etc., includes a lower carr... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4265000 | Furniture hinge Furniture hinge whose supporting-wall-related part adjustably held on a mounting plate fastened to the supporting wall of the piece of furniture is divided into an elongated body part and a head part which is adjustable relative to the body part at right ... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4265001 | Opening method for poultry carcasses A bird is gripped by its thighs adjacent the vent hole and is shifted toward a knife until the hole has reached a predetermined location that corresponds to a certain depth of insertion of the knife into the hole. Since location of the hole is being used ... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4265002 | Magnetic fastening means Fastening means for a pair of flaps or the like are provided having first and second ferromagnetic plates, an elongated ferromagnetic element of cross-sectional area smaller than the area of the surfaces of either plate affixed at one end thereof substant... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4265003 | Warp-knit tape fabric for slide fasteners A plurality of elongate warp-knit webs are connected side by side by water-soluble connecting threads along their longitudinal edges. The warp-knit webs are arranged in connected pairs each having a pair of opposed marginal edge portions for supporting a ... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4265004 | 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 stringer. Each stri... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4265005 | U-Bolt clamp saddle construction A saddle for a U-bolt clamp is formed of a pair of tubular housings arranged to receive and slide axially upon the legs of a U-bolt having a semicircular bight, with the housings connected by a web portion consisting of a pair of parallel planar sections ... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4265006 | Display and burial system A display and burial system including a display base having an appearance similar to a casket base and having a supporting shelf along the upper perimeter thereof, a reusable casket-like movable lid unit removably supported by the supporting shelf to enab... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4265007 | Tool for rasping A tool for rasping comprising a cylindrical drum rotatable in both directions around an axis, the drum being equipped with cutting elements which protrude exteriorly and are able to act in the two directions of rotation. The cutting elements are mounted o... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4265008 | Tool for placing self-drilling dowels A tool engageable in a driving device is used for inserting and setting self-drilling dowels of the type consisting of a drill member and a spreader member. The tool is formed of an integral transmission member and plunger and an engaging member laterally... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4265009 | Duct assembling tool A tool for assembling duct sections wherein a gear is rotatably attached to a housing and engages an apparatus with at least one rack. The tool has a pair of duct engaging clasps, at least one of which is integrally attached to the rack apparatus. The oth... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4265010 | Method and apparatus for adjusting the elevation of fuel rods in a nuclear reactor fuel assembly Method and apparatus for adjusting the level of fuel rods in a fuel assembly which includes a tool having an end insertable between a fuel assembly nozzle plate and the exposed ends of fuel rods. The insertable end of the tool includes stationary and mova... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4265011 | Remote-controlled screwing device Apparatus for use in screwing a cover onto an annular bearing seat provided at the circumference of a circular orifice, the cover being provided with a circle of screws to be engaged in threaded bores in the bearing seat, comprises a screwing device compr... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4265012 | Device for collecting windings in stators or the like Apparatus for collecting windings in a stator or the like includes a collecting tool having collecting lamellae disposed in a ring, an aligning star piece, and means for moving the aligning star piece from a retracted position to an alignment position bet... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4265013 | Apparatus for driving pins into a printed circuit board and the like An apparatus for driving pins into a printed circuit board and the like which comprises: table means for receiving and retaining a board into which the pins are to be driven; magazine means for holding a supply of the pins in a position parallel to the pl... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4265014 | Apparatus for press-bonding a reinforced tape to a slide fastener with a separable end stop A method and an apparatus for press-bonding a reinforcement tape of plastic film onto a space section of a continuous length slide fastener chain, the method and the apparatus comprising means for positioning the space section of the fastener chain betwee... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4265015 | Adjustable razor with blade cleaning means A razor in which a razor blade and a blade support, on which the razor blade is mounted, move together back and forth with respect to the base of the razor so as to adjust the contacting angle with respect to the operator's skin. The base is provided on t... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4265016 | Cable splitter A hand tool for slitting the sheath on flat, two to four conductor, plastic clad cables wherein one or more pointed knives project from the end of a handle into a chamber bounded, opposite the knife blades, by a sloping wall, one end of which defines an o... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4265017 | Pocket knife with retractable blade A pocket knife with a retractable blade wherein a blade is mounted within the handle for generally axial reciprocatory movement to operative position beyond one end of the handle and inoperative position within the handle. A novel pivotally mounted leaf s... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4265018 | Grass trimmer device A portable, cordless, electrically energized grass trimming device is disclosed having a rotary cutter blade which is formed of a flexible strip of material and which is mounted for rotation over a predetermined course. A blade stabilizing means is provid... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4265019 | Filament vegetation trimmer Filament-type vegetation trimmer (10) having a rotating hollow output shaft (28) through which monofilament line (22) projecting beyond (56) the gyrator trimming end of the output shaft provides the cutting means to trim grass and weeds. A transverse bar ... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4265020 | Garment designing aid The invention comprises a pants design aid which has three template panels that are slidably interconnected to cater for size variations. This aid further has a pivoted member to vary the crutch depth of the pants and two further pivoted members for varyi... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4265021 | Distance measuring instrument A distance measuring instrument having a pair of identical, substantially planar, juxtaposed measuring members wherein each measuring member includes an elongated base and a distance measuring scale or indicator located on the base. An arm projects from a... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4265022 | Contour measuring apparatus A measuring device for measuring the contour of an object is disclosed. The device comprises a measuring arm having a first center of gravity adjacent at one end thereof, a second center of gravity adjacent the other end thereof and a fulcrum thereinbetwe... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4265023 | Turbine blade growth measuring apparatus and method Turbine blade growth is measured by judiciously locating a prescribed dimple on the blade remote from the root and indexed in a fixture relative to a master blade. An optical micrometer affixed to the fixture can be readily adapted to facilitate the measu... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4265024 | Jig for storing adjustment positions A jig is provided for storing setting data of apparatus having a plurality of adjacent slidable setting members. The positions of the members relative to the frame and to each other determines the setting data of the apparatus. The jig includes a pluralit... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4265025 | Inspection probe An inspection probe for inspecting tubular members comprises a housing having a plurality of feeler wires extending therefrom and into contact with the inner side of the tubular members. The inspection probe also comprises a radiation source and radiation... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4265026 | Internal measuring device An internal measuring device with a measuring unit comprising a measuring bolt and a fixed measuring contact. In order to facilitate the centering of the device inside the bore for measurement to be made the fixed contact member is provided with at least ... | 05/05/1981 |
