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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4330887 | Terry cloth gloves (terry grippers) A pair of long-sleeved gloves designed particularly to hold an infant during a bath; the gloves being made of a terry cloth material so as to provide increased frictional grasp, each glove being of a length so as to extend above the elbow and on to the fo... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4330888 | Disposable protective garment A disposable bib, napkin or apron of flexible sheet material having a neck cutout in its upper edge portion and two shoulder pieces adjacent the cutout. The upper edge portion carries a pressure-sensitive adhesive capable of releasably adhering to the clo... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4330889 | Sleeping and meditation bag A sleeping and meditation bag has a first position to accomodate the user in a sitting, cross-legged posture and a second position to accomodate the user in a reclining posture. The bag comprises a first portion to accomodate the shoulders and extended el... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4330890 | Garment in particular a bodice or swimsuit In a garment, and in particular especially in a bodice or swimsuit, eyelets (2), especially adjuster slides, are used for joining parts (1) of the garment to a tape or band (9), at least one portion (5) of the eyelets (2) being sewn in each case into a lo... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4330891 | Element for implantation in body tissue, particularly bone tissue In an element for implantation in body tissue, particularly bone tissue, consisting of a biologically flawless material with a micro-pitted surface, the pores in the surface have a diameter many times smaller than has been previously known in order to per... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4330892 | Mattress and bedclothes, or pillow A mattress (futon or thick bedquilt) and bedclothes, or a pillow which comprises fillings, a plurality of permanent magnet pieces provided on a mounting means, and a covering cloth for covering the above-mentioned components. These magnet pieces generate ... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4330893 | Water bed A water bed employing a mattress in the form of a water-tight bag of flexible sheet material and having means for restricting swelling deformations in the peripheral portion of the top sheet of the bag.... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4330894 | Method of opening metal beverage containers A finger or thumb worn thimble provided at one end thereof with a blade which can be used to puncture the end of a metal container and which is also provided with a cutting edge adjacent the aforesaid blade which can be used for cutting twine, rope, etc.... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4330895 | Stabilizer for reducing motion of an object disposed in a fluid A stabilizer or drogue, packageable in a minimal volume, which can be auttically deployed to dampen horizontal, vertical and rotational motion of a device, such as a hydrophone, operating in a relatively viscous fluid. The stabilizer is disposed on a lin... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4330896 | Toothbrushes This invention relates to toothbrushes of the kind in which a head having bristles projecting from at least one side thereof is articulated to an adjacent end of a handle for adjustment of the head with respect to the handle. The articulating means of the... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4330897 | Floor machine A machine for cleaning, polishing and otherwise finishing floors includes a friction-type mechanism for holding the handle of the machine in a preselected position, a dead-man switch control lever arranged for pivotal movement toward and away from the swi... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4330898 | Attachment means A coupling element to releasably secure a windscreen wiper blade to a wiper arm which has a coupling pin extending transversely therefrom comprises a body to engage between side walls of the wiper blade with pivot lugs on the body seating in pivot seats i... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4330899 | Noise reducing blower motor housing means for vacuum cleaner, or the like The disclosure concerns a housing for reducing the noise and exhaust air velocity of a bypass type blower motor, particularly a motor used for a tank type vacuum cleaner. The entire housing sits atop the lid of the tank of the vacuum cleaner. The bypass t... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4330900 | Vacuum cleaner with filling-condition indicator A vacuum cleaner has a housing with an inlet which can be closed by a cover. A dust bag can be installed in the housing suspended from a plate which is located inwardly of the cover and has two openings both of which communicate with the interior of the b... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4330901 | Adjustable hinge A hinge unit is provided for doors and casement windows by an arrangement of four like pins each having a shank extending from an enlarged head. A first pin with a threaded bore through the head has the shank threadably secured to the door or window so th... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4330902 | Device for breaking the foretoes of sheep carcasses A device for breaking the first joint of the forelegs of small animal carcasses during the slaughtering and processing of the animals, which device includes a pair of pivotally interconnected, manually operable, elongated handles. One of the handles carri... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4330903 | Feather plucking machine A machine for plucking feathers from game birds, such as ducks, may be made in a home workshop from readily available components. A housing is assembled from pieces of plywood and has a base, sides and a top. A square block is drilled from a shaft which i... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4330904 | Apparatus for shucking scallops Apparatus for shucking scallops by subjecting scallops while moving them along a directed path of travel to an elevated temperature zone to heat the scallops, and moving the scallops to cause them to release their meats from their shells while removing th... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4330905 | Adjustable deployment band An adjustable deployment band comprising two watch band halves and a foldable closure member including a lower closure part to which one of the watch band halves is adjustably connected, an upper closure part to which one end of the other watch band is co... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4330906 | Feed-thru connection The invention disclosed herein is a device which connects a transmission cable to a transmission tower. The device includes an elongated body, an insert member, and a wedge member. The cable extends through the body and is held securely between the insert... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4330907 | Velvet type fastener tape and method of producing the same A velvet type tape for use as closing means or fasteners for garments, curtains and the like. The fastener tape comprises a woven foundation structure, and a number of material-engaging elements carried on one side of the foundation structure. Each of the... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4330908 | Hairpin-type electric resistance heating element making An electric resistance heating element of the hairpin type is provided by a molybdenum disilicide resistance wire loop transversely connected to molybdenum disilicide terminals. The resistance wire is sandwiched between the ends of two pieces of terminal ... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4330909 | Apparatus for flattening and guiding an elongated web An elongated knit web is flattened and guided by an apparatus having a support frame which extends longitudinally in a plane and which has an upstream and a downstream end. A pivot supports this frame for pivoting about a pivot axis transverse to the plan... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4330910 | Device and method for smoothening surfaces of disks for disk memories Disk surfaces for magnetic disk memories used in data processing systems are smoothened by a burnishing-like device consisting of a circular-cylindrical-shaped body (sliding block) having opposing flat base surfaces with at least one sharp-edged groove po... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4330911 | Process for production of an object consisting of at least two parts movable relative to each other, one of which is substantially enclosed within the other A process for the production of objects consisting of at least two parts, such as the inner and outer rings of a bearing movable relative to one another. One part is substantially enclosed within the other part and at least one of the parts comprises at l... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4330912 | Furnace roll A roll especially adapted for supporting alloy pipe and tubing during travel through an annealing furnace; the roll has a roll body constructed of at least one refractory casting mounted on a cooled shaft and having a reinforcing binder distributed substa... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4330913 | Method of making heat exchangers The method of making elongated heat exchangers having outwardly projecting fins disposed at various angles to the length and width of the heat exchangers wherein elongated tubular members are fed longitudinally past cutters which are reciprocated into and... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4330914 | Bicycle wheel and brake assembly A method of manufacturing a molded wheel and brake assembly. The molded wheel has a housing or hub with an axial bore therein with a first diameter and a smaller second diameter. The surface of the second diameter is finished in order to establish concent... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4330915 | Technique for uniform stylus configuration A technique for manufacturing a uniform configuration for at least two video disc styli, each stylus having a shank and a tip at one end of the shank, comprising the step of attaching an edge of a first plate of shank material to one edge of a strip of ti... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4330916 | Assembly tool An assembly tool upon which a spring is secured for enabling the spring to be inserted within an orifice whose entrance diameter is smaller than the outside diameter of the spring is disclosed. The assembly tool includes (1) a mandrel consisting of a firs... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4330917 | Seal extracting tool A hand-held tool to use in extracting ring seats from housings such as small engine carburetor needle inlet valves is disclosed. The tool has a generally cylindrical handle means. From one end of the handle means a helical or threaded arm projects, ending... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4330918 | Hydrostatic pipe splicing apparatus A method and apparatus for containing an annular body of fluid about a sleeve spanning the abutting ends of pipe lengths, and firing a charge of propellant, such as fast burning smokeless powder, in the liquid so as to radially shrink the sleeve into seal... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4330919 | Method of manufacturing a connecting element A connecting element is manufactured, which has two elongated profiled members bounding with one another a channel and provided with at least two separating members which subdivide the channel into an intermediate hollow space and two one-sidedly open sec... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4330920 | Method for manufacturing magnetohydrodynamic electrodes A method of manufacturing electrodes for use in a magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) generator comprising the steps of preparing a billet having a core 10 of a first metal, a tubular sleeve 12 of a second metal, and an outer sheath 14, 16, 18 of an extrusile metal... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4330921 | Insulated wall sections and methods of and apparatus for prefabricating the same An insulated wall section for prefabricated buildings; a method of producing such sections that involves assembling, maneuvering and securing the component parts thereof together; and apparatus therefor that includes a table structure actuable to square a... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4330922 | Assembly and method of attaching to ingot mold A novel hot top mounting method is disclosed for use in attaching insulation to the upper interior portion of an ingot mold. The mounting method comprises (1) applying a plurality of thin steel mounting straps to the insulation and suspending the insulati... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4330923 | Method of making chuck assembly and collet A chuck assembly and collet for retaining an end mill tool against axial pullout. The collet includes a radially compressible body having a tapered outer surface, a central bore and a radial aperture extending from the outer surface into the central bore.... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4330924 | Method of forming crimped tube joint A tube joint configuration and method of joining tubing wherein a curable adhesive is arranged on one portion and a resilient sealer is arranged on a second portion on the end portion of the male tube prior to its being telescoped with the female tube. Th... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4330925 | Method and apparatus for automatically loading flexible belt-shaped recording medium A method and apparatus for loading a recording medium such as a video magnetic tape into a magazine or cartridge employing an S-shaped running path. Both surfaces of the recording medium are placed over winding cores and held in the S-shape by stationary ... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4330926 | Method of forming and assembling an anchor pullout apparatus A method for forming and assembling an apparatus for testing the minimum pullout strength of a ground anchor for an oil well derrick or other towers (as an antenna or guy line) comprises (1) forming an open ended housing, (2) inserting an elongated means ... | 05/25/1982 |
