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Behavior Modification Wristwatch
A wristwatch including a watch band and a watch body having an octagon shaped perimeter and being red in color and having the word STOP thereon to resemble a stop sign.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4351065 | Protective garment for the user of a chain saw The disclosure herein describes a protective garment for the user of a chain saw; the garment includes at least a portion forming pad consisting of a plurality of superposed layers of canvas sheets, at least one of which is loosely attached to the pad so ... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4351066 | Dual purpose jacket A dual purpose jacket capable of being worn or folded and inserted into the capelette of the jacket for convenient storage during travel is disclosed. The jacket includes an elastic belt which may be used to strap the folded jacket to a person or the like... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4351067 | Work gloves with attachment mechanism A pair of work gloves are provided with a special attachment mechanism which permits them to be removably attached to a workman's belt or releasably connected to one another. A strip is connected to the cuff of each of the gloves. A pair of mating hook we... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4351068 | Panty hose garments A panty hose garment constructed of knitted fabric and incorporating stocking tubes, each having no foot portion, each having leg and upper portion with the upper portions being joined together along a center seam, thus defining the panty portion of the p... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4351069 | Prosthetic devices having sintered thermoplastic coatings with a porosity gradient Coated Prosthetic devices useful in the medical and dental fields, such as dental implants, intramedullary nails, and total hip prostheses, are provided having a porosity or density gradient in the sintered plastic coating. The higher porosity is at the o... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4351070 | Artificial leg with stabilized knee mechanism An artificial leg for an above-knee amputation. The leg includes a device for restraining knee flexion and means in which motion is produced in response to the application of torque about the hip axis. Mechanical means is provided to transfer and apply su... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4351071 | Water-saving device A water-saving device for use in the tank of a flush toilet has a movable latch member for supporting the inlet valve float in an elevated position upon initiation of a flush cycle. A secondary float within the tank controls the latch member and releases ... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4351072 | Semi-automatic pool cover A flexible tarpaulin is rolled about a drum mounted on an axle that is secured to a rigid deck by mounting brackets. A spring acting between the axle and the drum serves to retract the tarpaulin onto the drum. A releasable retraction lock may be used to p... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4351073 | Safety net for lavatory A safety net for use with a lavatory to catch small items inadvertently dropped into the lavatory. The safety net includes a piece of net material sized to extend completely across the lavatory bowl in both directions and to allow the net material to conf... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4351074 | Pollen trap Pollen trapping apparatus for placement at different levels within a segmented bee colony. The apparatus includes a centrally located pollen trap with an overlying scraper wherein both trapping and non-trapping operations can be performed by changing the ... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4351075 | Combination oil plug wrench and integral oil filler The present invention relates to a combination tool including an oil plug wrench and an integrally constructed elongated oil filler trough. To accommodate oil plugs of the type having a cap portion with upstanding studs or protrusions, the combination too... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4351076 | Process for the treatment of textiles in jet dyeing apparatuses A process for the treatment of textiles in rope form with gaseous and/or liquid treating agents in a jet dyeing unit, wherein the charging of the jet apparatus with the material rope as well as the material transport in the unit is effected by directing a... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4351077 | Cleaning apparatus for submerged surfaces Cleaning apparatus of the type including a cleaning head for cleaning submerged surfaces and a flapper valve for moving the head relative to the surface by oscillation thereof. An annular flexible disc located at the inlet end of the suction head surround... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4351078 | Driving arrangements for floor maintenance machines A floor maintenance machine includes a machine housing, a treating tool mounted on the machine housing for positional adjustment toward and away from the surface to be treated as considered in the operative position of the machine, an electric motor havin... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4351079 | Sphere launching and receiving valve A valve which may be interposed in a pipeline system in such a manner for injecting or launching of spheres into the interior of the pipeline individually and in sequence, and which may be alternatively interposed in the system for receiving previously in... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4351080 | Toothbrush with curved bristles and handle A toothbrush having a bristle head and handle wherein the bristle rows are curved from front to back and wherein the handle is both bowed and also curved in a direction opposite to the curve of the bristles enabling the brush head bristles to make direct ... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4351081 | Absorbent pad and holder assembly for carpet cleaning This invention comprises an absorbent pad unit covered by a coarse mesh screen and mounted on the head of a carpet cleaning device having a handle for manipulating it. The pad has an outer sheet of highly absorbent, acid-resistant paper reinforced with fi... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4351082 | Oscillating soot blower mechanism An accessory transmission conversion mechanism of the type disclosed in the U.S. Pat. No. 4,177,539, to Elting, for causing the lance tube of a long retracting soot blower to oscillate about its longitudinal axis, is provided with a lost motion driving co... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4351083 | Vacuum cleaning nozzle A nozzle for a vacuum cleaning apparatus having two movable working members, that is a brush nozzle and flat surface nozzle which can be alternately brought into contact with a working surface, such as a floor, by means of an actuating member operating be... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4351084 | Soft tread caster wheel and method of making same A soft tread caster that is manufactured by first molding a relatively rigid plastic hub with integral projections about its periphery and thereafter molding a softer plastic tread directly to the hub periphery so that the tread material flows around and ... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4351085 | Non-handed two knuckle hinge A two knuckle hinge has a pair of vertical bearings so that the hinge can be used interchangeably in left-handed and right-handed door installations.... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4351086 | Biased eyeglass hinge This invention relates to a spring hinge for eyeglasses having plastic or metal bows. The hinge includes a first hinge member which is adapted to be connected to a bow, and a second hinge member which is adapted to be connected to a frame center part, bot... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4351087 | Latch release system for poultry carriers A latch release force is applied by a signal-controlled plunger on one side of a carrier body through a force transfer lever to a latch element slidably mounted on the other side of the carrier body which pivotally supports a hook held in a latched positi... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4351088 | Method and apparatus for removing skin from animal carcasses An apparatus and method for removing the torso portion of the skin from the carcass of an animal, such as a hog, includes an overhead support from which a carcass is suspended during the skin removing operation. The skin is first removed from the hind qua... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4351089 | Needle bar draw frame The invention concerns a needle bar draw frame or gill box with a needle field or gilling area of needle bars carried by chains. With the aim of attaining the usual performances in respect of speed and drawing ratio at the same quality also in the case of... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4351090 | Spring clip for wellhead slips A wellhead slip formed from a plurality of slip segments adapted to be arranged in a closed circular fashion around a tubular member so as to form a plurality of vertical gaps all but one of which are defined as "hinge" gaps, the remaining gap being defin... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4351091 | Method of preserving corpses A method of preserving anatomical specimens for long periods of time including the steps of encasing the specimen in an air-tight container, exchanging the atmospheric contents in the container with an inert gas, and irradiating the specimen.... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4351092 | Method of fabrication of coreless hollow filament separatory module The method of fabricating a coreless hollow filament bundle of interlaced hollow filaments to be used as the membrane elements in a separatory module comprising the steps of providing first and second axially spaced co-axially rotatable engagement members... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4351093 | Method of making modular yarncraft A modular yarn craft system is provided wherein preformed central sections having a plurality of rods extending outward therefrom are mateably connectable with each other or tubular members so as to provide a connection zone between the elements having a ... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4351094 | Method of manufacturing a sabot projectile and sabot projectile produced thereby Conventional techniques for fabricating a sabot projectile independently manufacture the projectile and the sabot, and by attachment means these components are secured to one another or held together by a device during molding with a plastic jacket. With ... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4351095 | Method of making spark plugs A method of making a spark plug which is suitable for use in an internal combustion engine. The method comprises the steps of providing a tubular outer sheath of corrosion and erosion resistant metal and locating a thermally conductive core in the bore of... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4351096 | Multiple spindle rotary indexing machine tool The disclosure relates to an improvement in multiple spindle, single drive, rotary indexing machine tool systems. The basic machine comprises a fixed circular base and a central, upwardly projecting column. An indexing circular worktable is mounted on the... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4351097 | Hydraulic pliers for snap rings Hydraulic pliers useful for mounting and dismounting snap rings (otherwise called C-shaped stop rings) of large nominal diameter. They comprise a hand-holdable plier main body having working fluid contained therein, a hydraulic piston mechanism contained ... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4351098 | Method for repairing and reinforcing cast iron molds This invention relates to a method for reinforcing and repairing cast iron molds by surrounding the mold with a closely fitted steel plate or plates, connecting the ends of the steel plate or plates to form a continuous band, attaching the continuous band... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4351099 | Method of making FET utilizing shadow masking and diffusion from a doped oxide A novel self-align type method of making an FET with a very short gate length and a good high frequency characteristic, and a low noise characteristic, the method comprising the steps of: forming on a silicon epitaxial layer (13) of n-type conductivity a doped... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4351100 | Method for manufacture of integrated semiconductor circuits, in particular CCD-circuits, with self-adjusting, nonoverlapping polysilicon electrodes In an exemplary embodiment, a first polysilicon layer is provided with a SiO2 mask, and the first polysilicon layer is etched away under the SiO2 mask to produce SiO2 overhangs of a lateral extent corresponding to about tw... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4351101 | Semiconductor device processing for readily and reliably forming electrical interconnects to contact pads An improved method of providing a semiconductor device having a semiconductor substrate containing solid state signal processing circuitry. The solid state signal processing circuitry comprises doped regions of predetermined resistivity within the semicon... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4351102 | Method for winding the stator in a three phase AC machine The first, second and third winding for the stator of a three phase AC machine having n grooves per pole and phase are wound either sequentially or simultaneously. When wound sequentially, the first, second and third winding start at, respectively, a firs... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4351103 | Method and apparatus for supporting slot liner cuffs during coil insertion A method and apparatus for protecting the slot liner cuffs during insertion of prewound coils in the manufacture of stators for electric motors and other dynamoelectric apparatus. In order to protect the slot liner cuffs, which protrude beyond the face of... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4351104 | Method for manufacturing magnetic heads In the method for manufacturing annular portions of magnetic heads, a gap between the confronting end surfaces of the magnetic heads is filled with glass. In one of the conventional processes, the glass is sucked into the gap by a capillary action of the ... | 09/28/1982 |
