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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4338685 | Cervical collar A cervical collar attaches to a shoulder pad harness to reduce the size of the neck opening and to elevate the neck opening. The collar includes a pair of arched cantilevers which are connected by a small plate and padded around the edges defining the nec... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4338686 | Garment with absorbent pad A covering adapted to be worn on the body of a person and formed of a fabric having an inner and an outer surface. Each of the surfaces includes a moisture barrier thereon. Each moisture barrier includes a multitude of small openings therein exposing the ... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4338687 | Intraocular lens with spring mechanism An intraocular lens utilizing a lens portion or optical zone. An appendage is coupled to the lens portion and extends away from the same to the periphery of the eye. A spring mechanism used in conjunction with the lens portion permits resilient movement o... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4338688 | Enclosure for tub drains A prefabricated metallic open top box with attached top flanges and bottom wall threaded nipple surrounds the tub drain components and excludes insects and mice from the space beneath the tub. Odors are also excluded from this area by the enclosure. The t... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4338689 | Self-aligning valve assembly A self-aligning valve assembly and a valve plug therefor includes an elastomeric valve plug having an annular outer sealing portion with an annular sealing surface for sealing a drain hole valve seating of a receptacle. A central mounting portion is secur... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4338690 | Automatic mechanism for flush and raising toilet seat The present invention relates to an automatic mechanism for flush and raising a toilet seat which permits the seat to be raised automatically to a vertical, non-use position and the wash water to automatically flush the urinal after the occupancy of the t... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4338691 | Bathtub aid for handicapped Disclosed herein is an appliance for transporting an invalid or handicapped patient to and from a bathtub and for supporting the patient while in a tub. An elongated generally rectangular frame is provided with a web having a pocket which forms a seat for... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4338692 | Body-support floatation system A body-support floatation system comprising a reversible gelatinizing agent added to water within a flexible bladder. Further, a fungicide is added to the gel to inhibit bacterial growth which otherwise would cause deterioration of the gel. As the gelatin... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4338693 | One-piece quilted mattress shield All four corners of a single rectangular piece of quilted material are notched to form a mattress shield blank. The blank has a rectangular center portion substantially the same size as the top of the mattress to be covered, two side portions substantiall... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4338694 | Fastener orienting, tapping and collection system A machine and method for continuously orienting and tapping fasteners such as pierce nuts with the nuts being advanced in face-to-face manner aligned on the machine feed path. The machine is operable in one mode, in combination with nut collection means, ... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4338695 | Shoe upper conforming machine A shoe side or combined heel seat and side lasting machine has two cement applying nozzles movable from an initial position, adjacent one another, outwardly to a first position, determined by abutments associated one with each nozzle, which abutments guid... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4338696 | Apparatus for shaping counters in making shoes An apparatus for shaping the counters of shoe uppers is of the type which includes, on higher portions of the same frame or framework, two heating stations for heating portions of the upper, reactivating glue for assembly of the shoe uppers. In lower port... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4338697 | Simplified pool cleaning apparatus A self-contained pool cleaning apparatus has a filter body with dirt and debris collectors positioned on the filter body front and back. During forward movement of the pool cleaning apparatus, the front debris collector is lowered to contact the pool surf... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4338698 | Vehicle cleaning brush having limited penetration A rotatable cloth scrubbing rush for cleaning the exterior of a vehicle comprises a rotatable shaft or hub, a plurality of cloth wiping members for contacting the surface to be cleaned, and means for limiting the penetration of the portion of the vehicle ... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4338699 | Furniture hinge A door hinge assembly is especially adapted to be used in cabinets or the like whose side walls cannot support the hinge arm of the hinge. The cabinet has a door frame structure to which a fastening member for the hinge arm is secured, and the fastening m... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4338700 | Apparatus for electrically stunning animals to be slaughtered An apparatus is provided for electrically stunning animals to be slaughtered. Said apparatus comprises electrodes which are pivotable about horizontal axes and, in their initial position, extend downwardly into a V-shaped passageway formed between two par... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4338701 | Meat tendering device The invention relates to a meat tendering device comprising a frame supporting a movable blade holder assembly facing a grid constituted by grid elements between which blades mounted on said blade holder assembly are adapted to pass. The blade holder asse... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4338702 | Apparatus for making a ground food patty An apparatus is disclosed for forming a relatively porous patty of plastic food material that is subject to shrinkage during cooking. One embodiment of the apparatus includes a foraminous member having a plurality of apertures and a piston slidably dispos... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4338703 | Supporting device The present invention relates to a supporting device, particularly for game animals, which comprises first and second elongated members. A first end of the second elongated member is attached perpendicularly to a first end of the first member. A first, st... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4338704 | Method for processing beef tongues Beef tongues from a kill floor are trimmed while at a temperature no less than about 92° F., rigidified by chilling them to about 35° to 45° F., and passed several times while in their rigidified condition through a skinning machine which grips a leadi... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4338705 | Method and apparatus for removing trash from material The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for separating trash from irregularly-shaped clusters of material containing trash, fiber motes, and cotton lint. The apparatus comprises a rotatable drum encircled by a screen. The drum contains a ... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4338706 | Adjustable fastener An adjustable fastener for interconnecting a first part and a second part, comprising: an elongate rack adapted to be secured to the first part and having a row of teeth; and a slider adapted to be fastened to the second part and movable on and along the ... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4338707 | Clamp Apparatus for clamping a cable, wiring or tubing, includes a pair of straps each made from a springlike material and each having a flat portion and a looped portion extending from the flat portion in mating relationship to the looped portion of the other ... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4338708 | Lamp assembly method An improved sealing means is provided for a sealed prefocused light source mount for a parabolic aluminized reflector (PAR) lamp and, in particular, to improved leak-proof sealing means for an all-plastic PAR lamp or a PAR lamp comprising a plastic reflec... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4338709 | Magazine for storing toolholders with tools mounted therein for machine tools A machining center having a magazine for storing toolholders with tools mounted therein. The magazine includes a plurality of laterally open toolholder sockets for receiving one toolholder each with its axis parallel to the tool spindle axis of the machin... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4338710 | Apparatus for forming bores An apparatus is disclosed for forming bores in articles, such as lumber studs which includes a conveyor operable for transporting the studs to a work station. Disposed adjacent the work station is a charging mechanism operable for isolating a predetermine... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4338711 | Brake adjuster tool A brake adjuster tool including a set of dies and a pneumatic press for assembly and disassembly of a main landing gear brake adjuster. The assembly operation requires only two steps saving considerable time while presetting the adjuster pin automatically... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4338712 | Welding fixture for use in joining two tubular members A fixture for locating and holding a fitting in position to be welded to a base member comprises a body for clamping the fixture, adjustable supporting legs for securing the body in a selected position at one side of the base member, and an anchor device ... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4338713 | Method of manufacture of powdered metal casing Disclosed herein is a powdered metal casing and an apparatus and method for making the powdered metal casing, which casing is useful for shaped explosive charges for perforating oil and gas wells.... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4338714 | Method of loading hollow rivets on a mandrel Loading of a pull-through blind riveting mandrel is effected by arranging on an elongated sleeve a plurality of hollow rivets assembled head-to-tail, threading the mandrel along the sleeve, and transferring the rivets to the mandrel while withdrawing the ... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4338715 | Method for inserting a void plug into a lift insert for a concrete product Articles and a method are disclosed useful for providing a lift insert for a cast concrete product, such as a cast concrete slab or panel. The articles include a threadless plug for temporary insertion into an insert for receiving a lifting device in a ca... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4338716 | Plastic pipe provided with a groove A plastic pipe comprises an inner wall and an outer wall, being integral with longitudinal partitions between them and bounding longitudinally extending channels and a circumferential, helically, or non-helically extending groove, which groove has been fo... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4338717 | Method for fabricating a light emitting diode display socket A method for making a light emitting diode display socket. A standard receiving socket with contact terminals extending in a dual-in-line configuration from one side thereof is coupled to one edge of each of two printed circuit cards having individual ter... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4338718 | Grout removing tool The present invention relates to a novel and improved tool for removing worn and cracked grout from between floor, wall and ceiling tiles in a rapid and efficient manner whereby damage to the tiles is reduced to a minimum. In accordance with one form of t... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4338719 | Filament type vegetation trimmer A filament type vegetation trimmer having slinger head for rotating a portion of the filament in a radial plane is provided with a filament support tube for supporting the filament in the radial plane, the filament support tube being provided with apparat... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4338720 | Housing and frame system for vegetation filament trimmer Filament trimmer structure comprising a screw-free or unitary dual shank, balancing handle, housing and elongate handle portion, the handle portion having a lateral cover plate; the dual shank both protecting in a first tubular part a contained electric l... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4338721 | Tined utensil A utensil such as a lobster fork, or lobster pick includes a handle and at least one tine having a plurality of substantially frustro-conical members end-to-end, each of progressively larger diameter from the first, or tip, member through the second membe... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4338722 | Optoelectronic displacement sensor Displacements of a moving stem are measured by an optoelectronic high precision dimension and displacement measuring sensor. The stem slides in a body on two guides carried by the body. Two adjacent photoreceivers symmetrically positioned on either side o... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4338723 | Angle measuring device An angle measuring device for establishing a position of a frame member in two orthogonal planes or in an azimuth plane, relative to a reference plane, comprising a frame member supporting a plurality of equally radially and angularly spaced linear potent... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4338724 | Tool for positioning and defining holes in wall panels A series of flat templates, each having a peripheral shape of a hole required in a wall panel, that may be releasably positioned on a utility fixture to be serviced by the hole. The panel facing side of each template is provided with an adhesive so that i... | 07/13/1982 |
