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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4280230 | Disposable training panties Training panties for babies and toddlers, the panties being made in several different designs, one of the designs including a cotton panty with cut-out crotch, a disposable paper crotch member insertable therein and easily attached in place by Velcro-like... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280232 | Intraocular lens device An artificial intraocular lens device which utilizes a distendable, resilient superior loop and affixure to form a lobular positioning structure for implantation. The lens includes a superior haptic rim and large superior loop that may be secured to the h... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280233 | Bone connective prosthesis comprising a reinforcement element carrying a polymer layer having a varying modulus of elasticity Improved bone connective prostheses are disclosed. The prostheses comprise a reinforcement element carrying a polymer layer having a varying modulus of elasticity. The exterior surface of the polymer layer constitutes the bone attachment surface of the pr... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280235 | Inserts for fluid-type mattresses A fluid-damping and shape-defining insert is provided for fluid-type mattresses such as water bed mattresses and air mattresses. The insert comprises a first flexible flange secured at its periphery to the upper boundary sheet of the mattress, a second fl... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280236 | Self-uncapping honeycomb and extractor means for use therewith This invention is an improved method of removing the sealing wax of a honeycomb in preparation for removal of the honey contained therein. The process includes the providing of heating elements about the entrance of the chambers of the comb which, when el... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280237 | Floating buoy A floating buoy for use in a marine environment includes a buoyant body for maintaining the buoy afloat, the body including a resilient outer skin, a low density filler within the outer skin, and a central core disposed between an upper end and a lower en... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280238 | Single-point mooring buoy A single-point mooring buoy comprises a column which is hingedly connected to an anchor and upstands from the anchor and has a frequency less than six seconds. At the upper end of the column is pivotally connected to a fully submerged buoyant body which h... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280239 | Self righting, automatically inflatable life raft A life raft having an attached container of carbon dioxide for automatic inflation and with a separable strap temporarily constraining the raft at a central portion whereby inflation will occur in a sequence to properly position the floating raft, before ... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280240 | Handle for water ski towline with engagement and disengagement means for water ski safety belt A handle for a water ski towline comprises two shell-like halves with engagement and disengagement mechanism for detachably securing a pull strap that is secured to a connecting strap of a safety belt for water skiers secures the pull strap by means of an... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280241 | Child's book A book with just a few leaves, the leaves being soft and thick and made by inserting foam plastic or rubber into pockets of material. The exterior of the book is preferably made from a continuous web of material. The book, primarily intended as a toy or n... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280242 | Segmented lasting wiper A machine for pulling and lasting a shoe upper has a lasting wiper comprised of adjustable segments, to permit one set of wipers to last a complete range of shoe sizes and shapes. The wiper segments are all adjustable about a common pivot point, and are h... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280243 | Bulk loading facility having a drop way Improvement in a bulk loading facility having a fixed deck having a vertical column as a part thereof and a drop way hinged to the deck so that it can be raised or lowered for loading, the improvement comprising the drop way having a handrail assembly inc... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280244 | Dirt collecting floor mat apparatus A floor mat apparatus comprises a length of synthetic plastic material having a high plasticizer content, and therefore having a tacky surface to collect dirt and bacteria, trained about rollers one of which is driven by a motor to bring fresh portions of... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280245 | Sound dome for electric vacuum cleaner The disclosure concerns a sound dome which is positioned over the motor housing of a bypass type vacuum cleaner. The main housing outlet for the main blower fan of the vacuum cleaner opens under the sound dome. The dome outlet from the sound dome is space... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280246 | Self-steering caster A self-steering caster is biased into one or more predetermined steering positions with a constant force by a bias wheel arranged to roll along a cam surface in the shape of a circle which is concentric with the caster's swivel axis and whose radius incre... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280247 | Luggage case handle assembly This invention is a handle assembly for luggage. It includes an elongated, hollow, complaint handgrip portion having a pair of parallel grooves on its upper surface. A rigid end member is received in each end of the hollow handgrip and extends away from t... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280248 | Compressed-air pistol of the humane killer type The pistol is so designed that the valve for controlling the forward stroke of the piston is applied directly against the open rear cylinder end which is surrounded by an annular chamber, the chamber being also open at the rear end and in communication wi... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280249 | Card drive operating apparatus and method A carding machine drive having an instantaneous braking system is illustrated wherein the driven main cylinder and carding components driven therefrom may be stopped instantaneously in about three seconds or less avoiding breakage of the web. A disk eleme... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280250 | Textile carding machine frame construction A carding machine for textile material has a taker-in cylinder, a main cylinder and a doffing cylinder supported by a frame comprising of two frame side members. The frame side members are costructed from sheet steel and are interconnected by two sheet st... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280251 | Feed chimney for a textile machine supplied with textile fiber tufts A uniform web of fiber tufts is delivered to a textile fiber processing machine such as a carding machine by a feed chimney provided with a perforated wall. The fiber tufts are impelled into the upper portion of the chimney by means of a fan, a uniform we... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280252 | Double-apron drawing mechanism The double-apron drawing mechanism includes a feed couple of rollers and a delivery couple of rollers, with the fibrous material being treated passing between the two endless aprons or belts of the feed couple, synchronously rotated about the driven and p... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280253 | Method for collecting fibrous material A method and apparatus for collecting fibrous material (14) comprises distributing the fibrous material (14) onto a collection surface (18) to form a pack (20), and intercepting a portion of the fibrous material (14) during formation of the pack (20) with... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280254 | Belt retention means for garments A belt retention clip for engaging the waistband of a garment, said clip comprising a base portion, an outwardly and downwardly depending arm positioned adjacent said base portion and adapted to engage the waistband of the garment therebetween and an outw... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280255 | Button A button comprises a button face member; a support plate having a center hole for supporting the face member; a hollow shank having upper and lower open ends, a constricted neck at its upper portion and a shoulder extending downward from the neck, the nec... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280256 | Fastener apparatus A fastener of the kind in which a pin can be inserted into a closed housing between balls provided in a tapering space within the housing, which balls prevent the subsequent removal of the pin through the exercise of clamping action on the pin upon attemp... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280257 | Clasp for adjustable watch band An improved clasp is provided for an adjustable watch band having overlapping strands, each comprising transversely abutting links, to releasably connect the strands together on the wrist of the wearer. The clasp includes a decorative cover member attache... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280258 | Cable sleeve having a closable, longitudinal slit A cable sleeve, which has a closable, longitudinal slit and is a tubular member of shrinkable material, has a closure formed by a pair of overlapping edge portions, which extend along the longitudinal slit. The outer edge portion has a bead formed by a fo... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280259 | Method of knitting a velour lace fabric A knitted velour lace fabric is made by knitting a net or mesh ground fabric and knitting velour threads on to the ground fabric. Each velour thread substantially follows the path of one of the ground threads, except that at points along the length of the... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280260 | Apparatus for threading up a texturizing nozzle A process for introducing one or more threads into a texturizing nozzle, in which the texturizing nozzle, together with the inlet member, is first brought into a position in which the thread is led transversely past and in the immediate vicinity of the te... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280261 | Process for making heather yarn from bulked continuous-filament yarns A coherent, bulked, continuous-filament, heather-dyeable yarn having a more natural, spun, wool-like appearance in carpets when dyed is produced by overfeeding lighter dyeing filaments to a greater degree than the darker dyeing ones through a turbulent fl... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280262 | Hydraulically controlled variable deflection roll An hydraulically controlled variable deflection roll of the type applying the deflection force between the fixed shaft and the rotative shell via piston and cylinder arrangements, as to each of the arrangements uses a large number of pistons of smaller di... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280263 | Heat fuser roll and method of manufacture A heat fuser roll and the method of manufacture thereof. The roll comprises a deformable layer on a base member and the deformable layer is produced by coating the base member with a silicone rubber material, curing the silicone rubber material and treati... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280264 | Method for fabricating large diameter gears, gear-blanks and the like A circular centrally-apertured precision torch-cut web disk plate is drivingly rotatably supported between two clamp plates; and the leading end of straight rim strip stock, of length requisite for the tooth bearing rim of the gear, is positioned adjacent... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280265 | Pliers Retaining ring pliers having coplanar jaws independently and movably secured and handles independently and rotatably secured about the pivot. Fulcrum pins slideably disposed in each of the jaws being equal distance from the pivot. The pins may alternately... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280266 | Automatic bead threading toy A toy device adapted for threading beads upon a thread or line is disclosed. A container for beads is mounted to a preferably transparent chassis. The container has an outlet port or hole in a lower part thereof through which beads may fall out of the con... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280267 | Apparatus for and method of demounting slide shoe An apparatus and a method is disclosed for removal of a cardanically supported slide shoe of a slide shoe bearing which supports a rotary tube mill disposed within a slide ring. The apparatus includes two horizontal track joists supported on upright membe... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280268 | Adhesive application of two-part container A container and method of adhesive bonding of two telescopic container halves wherein each container half has a cylindrical body, the inner container portion being circumferentially loaded to temporarily reduce its diameter and being forced in centered re... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280270 | Process for the manufacture of tantalum solid electrolyte capacitors Accelerated ageing of solid electrolyte tantalum capacitors in batches by immersion of the capacitors in a semiconducting powder contained in a conductive receptacle connected to one terminal of a d.c. voltage source, the other terminal of which is connec... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280271 | Three level interconnect process for manufacture of integrated circuit devices An improved MOS device and method of making it are provided which utilize basically the standard N-chanel self-aligned silicon gate structure and process with implants for self-alignment, modified to allow three levels of interconnects. A P-type substrate... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4280273 | Manufacture of monolithic LED arrays for electroluminescent display devices In the manufacture of a monolithic LED array, in particular a matrix array, in which portions of the array are electrically isolated from one another by channels cut or etched through the slice of n-type material, the channels are filled with a glass frit... | 07/28/1981 |
