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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4356569 | Armored skin diving suit A suit is provided having a flexible garment portion which mounts thereon, preferably at spaced intervals, a plurality of armor elements. The suit can be incorporated with a conventional wetsuit construction, or the armor can be imbedded in a chain mail g... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4356570 | Differential thermal garment A garment having differential thermal properties for retaining heat adjacent to the arm and shoulder muscles of an athlete, while allowing the remaining body muscles to naturally cool. The garment comprises a sleeve for covering the arm and a skirt attach... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4356571 | Prosthetic device A medical prostheses suitable for implant use comprising a cured fiber reinforced triazine resin shaped body. The fiber reinforcement is preferably a fabric formed from two dimensionally oriented fibers. The preferred fibers are high strength carbon fiber... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4356572 | Biodegradable implant useable as a bone prosthesis A biodegradable bone prosthesis or implant is made of a coherent material comprising calcium carbonate in crystalline form. The prosthesis or implant is in the form of a filler or replacement part for bone substance. It can also be in the form of a pin or... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4356573 | Breast prosthesis A breast prosthesis consists of a center part in the shape of a female breast and a border or edge part encircling the center part. The center part has a relatively thin wall in the shape of the surface of the female breast. The wall forms a cup-shaped re... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4356574 | Faucet assembly with pinch valves A faucet assembly including pinch valves for controlling the flow of hot and cold water. A base is secured to the deck of a sink from above the deck and a body secured to the base completes the faucet housing. A spout extends over the basin and includes a... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4356575 | Kneeling appliance for use with bathtubs A cushioned or padded kneeling appliance particularly adapted for use in association with a bathtub when it is desired to reach into the interior area of the bathtub to perform some utilitarian function, such as bathing an infant, cleaning the tub, or the... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4356576 | Flush control apparatus A flush control apparatus is adapted to be directly mounted on the front surface of a water storage tank of a commode directly beneath the flush handle of the commode. The apparatus comprises a bracket having a lever pivotally secured thereto, the end of ... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4356577 | Multipositional medical bed A medical bed is described in which mattresses are mounted in frames which can be rotated about a longitudinal axis and tilted about a transverse axis. The mattresses may be removable and adapted to permit enclosing a patient completely to permit 360° ro... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4356578 | Obstetrics bed A bed for use by obstetricians and their patients. The bed and the bed mattresses are made sectional such that when the sections are assembled a full bed, with mattress, is formed on which one or more persons can recline. When the sections are separated t... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4356579 | Bolster type cushions for therapeutic use Disclosed are bolster type cushions for therapeutic use, such as for patients reclining in a sleeping bed, convalescents utilizing chair-like supports, etc. The bolster type cushions are provided with apt handle means thereby affording ready manipulation ... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4356580 | Showcase lock for sliding doors A showcase lock for sliding doors including a keeper plate attached to one door and a lock adjustable along the keeper plate to lock the doors in a closed position. The keeper plate has inwardly directed flanges along opposite side edges defining opposed ... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4356581 | Bearing systems for bridges, overpasses and structures A bearing assembly for structures composed of two main elements each of which forms a portion of either the supported structure or the supporting structure or foundation. One of these main elements is formed in a "U" type shape and provided with flutings ... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4356582 | Pool sweep brush There is disclosed a brush which is suitable for installation and use on the flexible hose of a conventional pool sweep. The brush is useful as a substitute for the wear rings which are used on the hoses. Typically, the flexible hose of a pool sweep is pr... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4356583 | Liquid-operated reciprocating prime mover assembly and body washing apparatus incorporating same A liquid-operated reciprocating prime mover assembly includes upper and lower reservoirs formed of interlocking cylinders enabling relative expansion and contraction of the interior volumes thereof, and a shuttle valve disposed intermediately and connecti... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4356584 | Apparatus for removing water from large surface areas An apparatus for removing standing water from a large surface area includes a housing capable of being moved across the surface area. An elongated rolling member is mounted on the housing with its elongated axis transverse to the direction of travel of sa... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4356585 | Hygienic dental appliance An improved dental appliance having an elongated handle portion including a tongue grooming region formed therein, a head portion having a plurality of discrete spaced bristle tufts extending therefrom in spaced relationship to each other, and wherein the... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4356586 | Sponge mop A sponge mop having a mop head which will accept an ordinary household sponge as a replacement sponge and which has an improved wringer. The mop head comprises front and back jaws which are slidably interengageable with one another to compressively clamp ... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4356587 | Brush components and their manufacture A method of manufacturing brush components is disclosed wherein an array of bristles which may either be loosely arranged in which case they should be substantially aligned or may be in the form of a knitted or woven tape is overlain by a membrane e.g. a ... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4356588 | Dripless ceiling paint roller and paint metering pan A roller with a spray guard comprising a roller arm, a roller rotatably mounted on one end of the arm, a handle member connected to an opposite end of the arm, and a spray guard pivotally mounted to the arm one end, extending at least the axial length of ... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4356589 | Refuse collecting apparatus Refuse collecting apparatus for a road sweeper, gully emptier or the like comprises an internal combustion engine driving a fan which is connected to a refuse tank. A refuse collecting nozzle is connected to the tank by a duct whereby suction generated by... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4356590 | Carpet cleaning system The present invention provides an improved carpet cleaning system for low cost, high reliability, improved cleaning solution recovery, and reduced carpet wear. In one embodiment, an integral beater bar and solution dispensing arrangement are provided for ... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4356591 | Vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner with a housing having a hood and at least one suction connection and at least one discharge opening, as well as with a dust filter and a suction apparatus provided with a blower and an electric motor, with the suction apparatus being surr... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4356592 | Vehicle assist strap A vehicle assist strap, and more particularly, an improved assist strap having a central metal core with formed ends which cooperate with covers for concealing fasteners utilized for fastening the assist strap to a surface of the vehicle. The covers are l... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4356593 | Safety latch cover for a hinge joint A hinge construction comprising two members, a plate on each member, an offside out-of-the-way hinge, and a substantially recess and aperture free pivoted channel safety cover to protect the area of abutment of the two members when in such position.... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4356594 | Friction hinge having a balancing spring A friction hinge arrangement for the hinged connection of a cover to a base, for example a record player base, comprises a hingeable friction member, which is mounted between the limbs of a friction member whose limbs are urged towards each other with the... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4356595 | Method and apparatus for molding food patties A food patty molding method and apparatus, utilizing a cyclically driven mold plate containing one or more mold cavities, in which the fill passage connecting the food pump to the mold cavity has a cross sectional area, immediately adjacent the mold plate... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4356596 | Fish cleaning device for use on fish cleaning machine A spear-like fish cleaning device for attachment to a fish cleaning machine which can be inserted through a throat cut in a fish and into its belly and thereafter operated to grip the alimentary canal of the fish so as to close it off and disconnect it fr... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4356597 | Card clothing intended to be mounted to flats of a carding machine Every wire section provided with teeth of a plurality of card clothing wires is connected at both its ends by a welding to a carrier member. This carrier member is a base section of a U-shaped carrier member whereby a curvilinear extending section continu... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4356598 | Card support for carding layer Card support for carding layers, wherein the teeth are anchored in a base body made of resilient solid plastic, with reinforcing fabric layers embedded in the base body. This new type of construction is simpler to manufacture than known card supports, has... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4356599 | Stackable flat cable clamp A one piece, plastic, flat cable clamp has a base, a pair of end walls on the base and a cover hinged on one of the end walls to fold over and extend across the base in a latched closed position to retain a plurality of flat cables between the cover and b... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4356600 | Bag closure device The present invention relates to a bag closure device designed especially to be utilized to close bags such as potato chips and cookie bags and the like. The bag closure device of the present invention comprises a torsional spring closure assembly having ... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4356601 | Plastic fastener Disclosed is a plastic fastener which comprises one or more protective frames having a profile suitable for substantially intimate insertion into matched openings formed in a given basal object and as many fixing legs formed within the empty spaces enclos... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4356602 | Stretcher for knitted fabrics A stretcher for tubular knitted fabric aimed at being mounted onto a calender and carrying two stretcher arms each carrying positioning rollers co-operating with supplier rollers for pulling up the knitted fabric and making it pass through said stretcher.... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4356603 | Method for introducing a yarn into a pneumatic yarn texturing means A method for introducing yarn into a pneumatic yarn texturizing means, in which the yarn is positioned across the inlet orifice of the texturizing means, a stream of fluid is forced against the yarn to introduce it into the orifice in the form of a loop a... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4356604 | Process for threading up a rapidly travelling thread in 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... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4356605 | Crankshaft with laminated counterweight A crankshaft with a laminated counterweight. The counterweight comprises a plurality of substantially flat plates, each of which has a first and a second shaft mounting hole therethrough, and at least one depression on one side and a boss on the other sid... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4356606 | Shadow mask inserter apparatus and method Apparatus is disclosed for use in the manufacture of a color cathode ray picture tube. The tube has a glass face panel with a rearwardly extending flange with a plurality of studs extending radially inwardly from the flange. The tube includes a shadow mas... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4356607 | Method of producing trimmer capacitors An insulating frame is formed by an insert mold such that a portion of a stator lead member is exposed from and flush with the upper surface thereof. The exposed portion of the stator lead member is plated with a metal having a low melting temperature, an... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4356608 | Method for the manufacture of layer capacitors A method of manufacturing layer or film capacitors is disclosed wherein a carrier is separated from an insulating material plate which is metal-coated on both sides. A cut surface of the carrier is coated with coating layers and glow polymerization layers... | 11/02/1982 |
