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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4344189 | Limb protector for athletes In one embodiment, the limb protector is a protective gaiter which extends from the wearer's instep to just below his knee. A portion of the gaiter forms a completely closed pocket which contains an energy absorbing pad. The pocket and the pad are both co... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4344190 | Plugs for the medullary canal of a bone An implant 22, e.g. for locating a hip prosthesis, is placed in the medullary canal 18 of a bone 20 (e.g. the femur) and secured by pressurized cement 24. A push-fit plug 10 prevents cement penetrating down the canal. The plug can be biodegradable so that... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4344191 | Chin implant A chin implant molded of biologically inert material is surgically inserted and positioned on the outer surface of the mandible to form a build-up of the jaw. The surgical procedure is called a menoplasty. The implant is designed to give a natural contour... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4344192 | Full dual element prosthesis designed for the femoro-patellar joint Full dual element prosthesis designed for the femoro-patellar joint. This invention pertains to a full dual element prosthesis for the femoro-patellar joint, and including a dissymmetrical patellar support. A piece, including a convex surface 24 and attached i... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4344193 | Meniscus prosthesis A meniscus prosthetic device for a human knee joint can be inserted into the knee joint so that the articulating cartilage in the knee totally remains intact. The prosthesis device translates between the articulating cartilage during normal knee movement.... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4344194 | Toilet seat and lid unit with concealed air deodorizer A toilet seat and lid assembly having air ventilating and deodorizing equipment concealed in the lid, and one or more air passages extending through the seat in seriatim with one or more air conduits providing air communication between the closet bowl and... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4344195 | Bed having two mutually displaceable frames for wall side access A bed has a first frame structure (2,5,11,12) and a further frame structure (6). The first frame structure has a support surface (2) for a mattress or the like, and between the two frame structures is arranged at least one pivot-arm mechanism (14) for lif... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4344196 | Fitted top contour sheet A fitted top contour sheet having an end pocket receiving the rear of a mattress and fasteners to secure the bottom of the pocket to the mattress or the sides of the pocket to an underlying bottom sheet.... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4344197 | Method to lessen the entanglement of tubular fabrics A means for lessening the entanglement of a tubular extent of fabric by inserting a hoop into a collapsed stack of that fabric prior to its being subjected to processing steps which heretofore have resulted in the entanglement and knotting of the fabric. ... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4344198 | Procedure for washing clothes The specification describes a procedure for the washing of clothes in a washing machine with a horizontal, perforated, driven tub arranged inside a housing, in which during the washing and rinsing cycles the clothes are repeatedly lifted up, and then fall... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4344199 | Machine for stiffening sheet material A device for stiffening portions of sheets of flexible material including a reciprocable and rotatable nozzle disposed upon an extruder, the nozzle having a generally V-shaped nose section and a pair of wings disposed therebehind.... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4344200 | Bridge brake system A brake system for an aircraft passenger loading bridge monitors the operation of a drive system which raises and lowers the bridge. In the event of a malfunction of the drive system, the brake system interrupts power to the drive system and actuates a br... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4344201 | Cleaning apparatus A cleaning apparatus includes a mop with a rotatable wiper, a pail having a reservoir for cleaning liquid, and a motor-driven wringer mounted upon the pail for receiving and rotating the wiper of the mop at relatively high speed to extract cleaning liquid... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4344202 | Electric toothbrush This electric toothbrush is of the type in which the brush is rotated about its longitudinal shaft; this shaft is extended forwards by a tip able to be introduced into the interdental space for massaging the papilla and cleaning the mesial and distal face... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4344203 | Portable golf ball washer A portable golf ball washer comprising a vertical cylindrical container closed at the bottom and open at the top and lined with a piece of stiff bristled carpet having the bristles to extend inwardly and the tips defining a core hole of less diameter than... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4344204 | Apparatus for cleaning door frames of coke ovens A door frame cleaner for coke ovens in which a supporting frame is mounted on a main frame, which is movable toward or away from a door frame, in such a way that the supporting frame can be moved laterally relative to the main frame in parallel therewith;... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4344205 | Cable bushing A cable bushing including a frame portion, and a filler portion connected to the frame portion, the filler portion being movable between a first position in which the filler portion is remote from the interior of the frame portion and a second position in... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4344206 | Bracket and door track assembly This bracket and track assembly can be used for sliding door assemblies and facilitates the alignment and installation of such doors. The track includes a pair of spaced, inwardly facing channel-shaped track members, supported by a plurality of longitudin... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4344207 | Apparatus for aligning fish An apparatus is disclosed for transferring fish processed or presented in a vertical attitude with their tail downwards into a longitudinally aligned position with regard to their head-tail attitude. The apparatus has a pair of horizontally guided conveyo... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4344208 | Needle plate for needle bars of needle bar drawing devices A needle rod for use in needle bar drawing devices, also termed and known as gill boxes is proposed to comprise needle plate segments (7) which are releasably connectable to a carrier bar (2) and which have a profile of T, Z or Y shaped cross-section. The... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4344209 | In-line clipper seam A clipper seam for use with a pintle or lacing unit to join adjacent ends of a papermakers belt or the like. The clipper seam comprises two seam webbings, each of which is woven as a one-piece unit to form a pocket for receiving one of the ends of the pap... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4344210 | Adjustable drapery support assembly An adjustable drapery support assembly comprises a first elongated plate member adapted to be inserted into the top of a pleat or fold in a drapery, and a second plate member hinged at its top to the top of the first member, with the edges of the members ... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4344211 | High pressure sizing apparatus and method Apparatus and method for high pressure sizing, including sizing squeeze apparatus which effectively utilizes high pressure squeeze loading to remove excess sizing from the warp yarns, and thus to reduce the water evaporation requirement of the yarn. The h... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4344212 | Valve and a wire cutting, skinning and wrapping tool employing the valve The valve includes an input port and two output ports and an arrangement to cause fluid pulses to appear at the output ports as a result of the appearance of fluid pulses alternately at the inlet port. The fluid pulses fed to the inlet port directly appea... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4344213 | Rivet guiding apparatus Fasteners, such as rivets, are held and guided by a moveable guide block mounted over a plurality belt fasteners for driving through openings in the belt fasteners and into the underlying belt. The belt fasteners are held onto the base means by a clamping... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4344214 | Internal pipe line delivery device The invention is a remotely thermally activatable device for delivering a payload to a pre-determined location within a pipe comprising a carrier means for supporting the payload, a driver means to axially move the carrier means, and a thermally activatab... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4344215 | Pipefitter's tool A tool for use by pipefitters in joining a length of pipe to a fitting in which one end of the pipe is accommodated with a predetermined spacing between the end of the pipe and an internal shoulder within the fitting. The tool comprises a pair of jaws whi... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4344216 | Apparatus and method for tightening an assembly Apparatus and method for tightening assemblies held together by threaded fasteners. The desired tightened condition is achieved by turning the threaded fastener through a precise tightening angle required to induce a predetermined preload in the threaded ... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4344217 | Automatic stapling and cutting machine A machine is provided for cutting to length and joining two lengths of strand material at their ends to produce a band. A method of producing a band from two lengths of strand material is also provided.... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4344218 | Conveyor idler roll assembly and method of producing same An idler roll cylinder is secured to roll heads mounted within the ends thereof by forming an annular, outwardly opening groove in and around the outer periphery of each roll head facing the inner surface of the roll cylinder. A forming pressure is applie... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4344219 | Apparatus for arranging parts An apparatus for arranging a plurality of different electric parts in a predetermined order for insertion into the substrate of a printed circuit board is disclosed. The apparatus has a plurality of cutter mechanisms arranged to receive respective tapes c... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4344220 | Tool exchange apparatus for boring mills and method for exchanging tools An improved tool exchange apparatus for milling machines with sliding carriages comprising a magazine and a pincer-arm for conveyance. The magazine is disposed so that the tools are presented with horizontal axis at an exchange station, the pincer-arm is rotat... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4344221 | Machine tool with portable tool receiving carriage A tool feeder for transferring a tool to a tool receiving device includes a base plate fixedly mounted adjacent to the receiving device and a carriage mounted on the base plate for selective alignment with the receiving device. The carriage is coupled and... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4344222 | Bipolar compatible electrically alterable read-only memory A bipolar compatible electrically alterable read-only memory device and process are disclosed based upon the formation of an aluminum gate structure on the surface of a thin oxide layer in an FET precursor device, wherein the aluminum gate structure serve... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4344223 | Monolithic hybrid integrated circuits A method of fabricating a thin film semiconductor hybrid circuit is disclosed. After processing of the integrated circuit in the semiconductor wafer up to the point of establishing ohmic contacts (14) to devices (13), a thin film RC circuit is fabricated ... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4344224 | Method of making hermetically sealed switch assembly A switch assembly including a base member having a contact receiving cavity open at the top and defined by a floor that is laterally enclosed by side wall means, first terminal means in the cavity adapted for electrically connection to outside circuitry, ... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4344225 | Pre-assembly and terminating apparatus An apparatus is disclosed for pre-assembling a connector housing, which is pre-loaded with a plurality of terminals, with a respective connector cover and subsequently applying the pre-assembled connector to terminate a multi-conductor flat cable. The pre... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4344226 | Disposable safety razor A disposable razor has a body of synthetic plastic material. The front portion of the body has a slot in which a single-edge blade is mounted. A bladeguard is either a separate element and detachably connected to the body, or is of one piece with the body... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4344227 | Clean-out mechanism for twin blade shaving unit An improved twin blade razor system having a unitary member positioned between the pair of blades for both spacing the blades and ejecting shaving debris from that space. The unitary member, which may conveniently be of injection molded plastic, includes ... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4344228 | Shaving apparatus There is provided a shaving apparatus comprising an external cutting element and an internal cutting element cooperating with and drivable relative to the external cutting element with a reciprocating movement. The internal cutting element is secured to t... | 08/17/1982 |
