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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4358859 | Articulated prosthetic knee and method for implanting same An articulated knee prosthesis in which a femoral implant has a condyle section and a femoral stem that is cemented into the femur. A tibial implant carries a tibial plateau section on which is mounted a stop plate for engaging the condyle section and arr... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4358860 | Automatic actuator for air freshener dispenser or the like for toilets The specification discloses an automatic actuator for dispensers for air fresheners and the like mounted on the interior of a toilet tank, comprising an actuator arm having one end connected with the neck of the container, and extending generally laterall... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4358861 | Drainpipe cleaner An implement for dislodging lumps of matter clogging a drainpipe comprises a long handle with a resilient cup attached to its lower end, the cup having several slits that extend from its rim down to form a plurality of petal-shaped leaves which yield inwa... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4358862 | Connector assembly for whirlpool system A connector assembly is adapted to connect an outlet of a whirlpool system to air and water supply channels. Because the connector assembly is removably mounted to the air and water supply channels between the ends thereof, the air and water supply channe... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4358863 | Shower enclosure A shower enclosure comprising a pair of sliding doors mounted on an overhead track, a guide system for the doors spaced downwardly from the overhead track yet providing sufficient head room for a person to enter the enclosed area, the guide system includi... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4358864 | Combination wash basin and toilet conservation system A combination wash basin and toilet water conservation system having at least one wash basin and a toilet having a water tank. The water tank has a fresh water chamber and a gray water chamber. A first outlet connects the gray water chamber with the bowl ... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4358865 | Disposable sheet system for patient stretcher A stretcher for patient support which has a roll of disposable sheeting beneath an end portion of the stretcher. Individual sheets are manually separated from the roll at transverse weakened sections in the sheeting material that are longitudinally separa... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4358866 | Amphibious furniture A kit includes a legless table and a chair having a tubular frame with detachable legs. The table is detachably connectable to the chair. Rigid flotation material encases portions of the tubular frame and buoyantly supports the chair and the table.... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4358867 | Shoe cleaning device A shoe cleaning device primarily intended for domestic use includes an elongated casing with an open top end; a pair of parallel rollers rotatably mounted in the casing; pads carried by the rollers, the pad on one roller having a deep pile for picking up ... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4358868 | High speed floor polisher A high speed vertical axis floor treating machine for polishing, brushing or scrubbing a floor includes a frame, a drive motor on the frame for rotating a floor treating element, a control handle pivoted to the frame, and a pair of ground engaging wheels ... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4358869 | Wiper arm driving mechanism A driving mechanism for reciprocating a windshield wiper arm having maximum velocity at the mid-portion of the wiper stroke and zero velocity and minimum acceleration at the outboard ends of the stroke. The driving mechanism includes a slotted follower ha... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4358870 | Hydraulic hinge with door closing mechanism A hydraulic hinge, which can close automatically a door and firmly hold the door at a certain open position without any conventional door closer or door checking device, comprises a casing, a seat having a hexagonal opening therein, a buffer hydraulic mec... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4358871 | Hook and pin hinged connection A molded hinge mechanism includes a pair of hinge members having open slotted barrel portions which may be molded integrally with the hinge members without the necessity of core inserts or separate drilling operations. The hinge members include at least o... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4358872 | Apparatus for tenderizing meat An improved method and apparatus for tenderizing beef by electrical stimulation is characterized by a rectal electrode having a tubular stainless steel shaft with a solid brass tip at one end and an insulative handle at the other end. An insulative post i... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4358873 | Process and apparatus for automated manufacture of link sausages having casings formed of synthetic tubular material An apparatus for producing link sausages first shirs previously unshirred tubular material and then conveys the shirred tubular material to a stuffing horn at which it is filled with forcemeat. A first station has the shirring structure. A transfer struct... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4358874 | Retaining device A knob or similar object is rotatably retained on a piece of equipment by an arrangement including a four-section hinged member which may be concealed by the knob during normal usage. The hidden retaining member is captivated around the shaft at both ends... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4358875 | Security buckle for wrist watch metal bracelets An improved security buckle for a wrist watch metal bracelet is disclosed which utilizes a first and second frame work, one mounted within the other, which are provided with a limited amount of relative sliding movement. A spur of the first frame work is ... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4358876 | Necklace retaining clasp A safety clasp for necklaces, bracelets and the like is provided with a leaf spring member having its ends canted outwardly so as to enter and engage receiving apertures formed in an outer member. Retaining rings are provided at each end of the separable ... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4358877 | Buckles for vehicle seat belt system A vehicle seat belt buckle has a socket part with a socket and a latch member for latching a tongue part within the socket. The latch member is held in the latching position by a catch element movable manually to release the latch member by means of a pus... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4358878 | Plug-in fastener for motor vehicle safety belts A plug-fastener for safety belts in motor vehicles, which comprises a tongue-like plug part and a receiving part for receiving and retaining the tongue-like plug part. The plug part is provided with at least one recess, undercut, or a shoulder. The receiv... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4358879 | Seat belt buckle A seat belt buckle includes a housing having a pivotally mounted detent movable between a latched position in which a latch tab on the detent is inserted into an aperture in a latch plate and an unlatched position permitting latch plate entry and exit fro... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4358880 | Quick release snap There is provided a quick release hardware snap of laminated construction formed from at least two stamped sheet material blanks, of mirror image, combined to provide a laminated, sheet material body of generally flat configuration having a fixed load sup... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4358881 | Method for manufacturing a piston with a separate skirt A method for manufacturing a piston for internal combustion engines, compressors and the like, comprising a head portion articulately connected to a separate skirt portion, wherein the skirt portion comprises a steel tubular part obtained by cutting, bend... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4358882 | Manufacture and inspection of an article Some turbine blades are produced by casting, using the lost wax process. The blades may include cooling air passages and the wall thickness of these is tested ultrasonically i.e. by transmitting and receiving acoustic pulses from and to, a common transduc... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4358883 | Vehicle top structure and method of assembly A rigid vehicle top of unitary construction and method of making the same is provided. The rigidity of the roof and headliner portions allows for the complete off-line assembly of lighting systems, switches, clocks, environmental control apparatus and dec... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4358884 | Tin-base body solder In a preferred embodiment, a method is presented for filling depressions in fabricated steel surfaces by applying a metallic body solder consisting of 14 to 20 weight percent copper, 1 to 7.5 weight percent zinc, 0.5 to 1.5 weight percent iron and the bal... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4358885 | Method of removing and reinstalling bottom entering agitator seals An improved method of removing and reinstalling a seal unit from a process vessel bottom entering agitator assembly wherein a jack is connected in the assembly and used to lower and raise the seal unit, agitator shaft and agitator connected thereto, where... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4358886 | Method of mounting an azimuth indicator in an automobile A method for demagnetizing an automobile is disclosed in which the terrestrial magnetism is detected by a direction-detecting sensor and the running direction of the automobile is indicated in response to a signal produced from the direction-detecting sen... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4358887 | Method for galvanizing and plastic coating steel A method and apparatus for galvanized pipe and other formed sections which sometimes include reentrant angles and strapping. The pipe and other sections are sized and hot dipped in a bath of molten zinc at a temperature of about 850° F. (450° C.) and th... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4358888 | Automatic tool changer with internal tool storage magazine A vertical spindle numerically controlled machining center includes a stationary bed or base on which a workpiece holding table is slidably mounted for movement along a first axis. A vertically extending upright or column, having a vertically reciprocal s... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4358889 | Process for making a late programming enhanced contact ROM A method of making a ROM and a two-level polycrystalline silicon RAM on a chip and encoding the ROM in later stages of the method, without adding a mask to the method. The mask used to define the second level of polycrystalline silicon for the RAM is also... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4358890 | Process for making a dual implanted drain extension for bucket brigade device tetrode structure The invention is the structure and process for making a bucket brigade device which comprises the merger of an MOS capacitor with an MOSFET device to form the charge transfer cell. A first thin N-type region is implanted at a first concentration in a port... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4358891 | Method of forming a metal semiconductor field effect transistor A metal silicon field effect transistor and the method of producing such a transistor whereby all of the elements of the transistor are defined by a single masking step. These elements include the channel of the first effect transistor as well as the sour... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4358892 | Method of producing battery and electrolytic cell electrodes A composite electrode having a structural electrode member with at least a portion of one surface of the electrode member constructed from a continuous matrix of an anodically passivatable metal infiltrated by a metal capable of forming an electroconducti... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4358893 | Tire trimmer A tire trimmer tool has an elongated handle and a U-shaped frame to which a blade of undulated sheet metal is detachably mounted. The undulations comprise closely-spaced parallel ridges which extend front and rear, are open on their underside and are unit... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4358894 | Compass pencil clamp A drawing compass having two legs is provided with a writing implement or pencil clamp in the form of a cylindrical band having a side opening. A longitudinally extending flexible rib is provided which projects inwardly into the channel formed by the cyli... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4358895 | Continuous contact gage for strip rolling process having floating mechanism A continuous contact gage (10) for use in strip rolling processes has a main support frame (12) upon which is suspended a floating frame (22). The floating frame is suspended from four extension springs (24,26,28,30) such that the floating frame may trans... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4358896 | Workpiece locator To locate a workpiece on the table of a drill press, the workpiece locator includes a shaft and a slide. The shaft is adapted to be mounted to the drill press spindle by a chuck and the slide is movably mounted to be adjusted in position perpendicular to ... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4358897 | Gravity gauge for determination of shoulder bone angles in horses A gauge for the measurement of the shoulder bone angles of horses with respect to gravity, as an aid in the proper shoeing of the fore feet. The gauge has a gravity reference pointer which swings about a pivot axis so that it points downward under the inf... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4358898 | Protractor A protractor consisting of a flat base having two straight edges and a degree scale, a measuring arm mounted on the base for rotation about a pivot point and having straight edges for cooperating with the straight edges of the base to form angles correspo... | 11/16/1982 |
