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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4361912 | Karate protective equipment Karate protective equipment including a glove, a boot and a shinguard, is formed of an outer soft foam material and selectively positioned harder, inner foam layers for added protection.... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4361913 | Intraocular lens An intraocular lens suitable for implantation through a minimal width incision opening into either the anterior chamber or the posterior chamber. The lens incorporates three supporting members, at least one of which is a semi-flexible loop disposed adjace... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4361914 | Shower curtain holder A device for preventing the movement of a flexible material disposed over an open area, such as a shower or a window, includes a rigid elongated rod which is held in a substantially horizontal plane intermediate the top and bottom of the flexible material... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4361915 | Shower curtain assembly An improved shower curtain assembly is disclosed for use as an enclosure for shower stalls and bath tub and shower combinations. A pair of closely spaced parallel outer and inner shower rods are installed in a spanning relation to the entrance opening int... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4361916 | Pediatric table-chair A pediatric table-chair which allows for multiple positioning of a body support platform when in its functional position or for folding when not in use. The table has a body support platform which has an upper end pivotally connected to two rigid supporti... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4361917 | Portable orthopedic bed A portable orthopedic bed which is formed as a super structure for conventional existing beds and may be switched from one such bed to another. The portable orthopedic bed is comprised of a flat semi-rigid planar base which supports an adjustable frame wh... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4361918 | Devices and method for handling a person on a base Devices and method for handling persons on a base, such as a bed, operating table or the like and using a pair of flat, board-shaped arms adapted for endwise manual insertion between the base and the person. Each arm is provided with a harness for securin... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4361919 | Convertible child's bed A convertible child's bed is provided which may be sold in the form of a crib for use by the child when it is very young, and which may subsequently be converted into a standard twin bed as the child becomes older.... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4361920 | Combined gas lighter-bottle opener Disclosed herein is a combination gas lighter, for example of the piezoelectric type, in which the end where the nozzle is located is shaped both to be hung up and to be utilized as a bottle opener. In a preferred form, the opposite end is shaped both to ... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4361921 | Method for stiffening shoe insoles A method and apparatus for forming a shoe stiffener directly on a selected surface of a shoe assembly (such as a shoe shank on the bottom of an insole) from a strip of initially flexible, uncured thermosetting material encased in a sleeve. The apparatus s... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4361922 | Cleaning brush for electrostatic copiers, printers and the like A cleaning brush for dry electrostatic copiers and printers is provided with two or more types of bristles, one of which is made from a conductive material, the other types to be made from non-conductive materials; the conductive bristles are all of equal... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4361923 | Lint remover A lint remover assembly consisting of an elongate handle support member having an adhesive tape roll sleeve-engaging roller cylinder in rotatable snap-lock engagement therewith so that the roller cylinder is fixed against axial displacement with respect t... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4361924 | Grip handle chuck An improved plumbers' tool of the type employing a helically wound coiled spring which is controllably inserted into waste lines to remove blockages. In operating the tool of the invention a storage drum from which the clean-out spring is payed out is rot... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4361925 | Mat-base assembly Mat-base assembly comprises a base including a sheet integrally formed of an elastomeric polymer, a picture frame-like projection formed on the periphery of the sheet and a mat-containing portion formed on the inner side of the peripheral projection, a du... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4361926 | Cautery cleaning device A cautery cleaning device including a thumb and fingertip manipulated support member with rubber-like properties through which a cautery blade is guided and in which scraping edges are supported and held in contact with the blade. The support member is co... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4361927 | Device for preventing vibration of windshield wiper A device for preventing the vibration of a windshield wiper including a weight having two ends each secured to one of opposite ends of a pin extending through the end of a holder and separated from each other a suitable distance for the holder and the wei... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4361928 | Muffled exhaust system for hot water vacuum extraction machine A unitary tubular exhaust duct directs exhaust air from a scroll type outlet for a vacuum pump mounted within a hot water vacuum extraction machine into a baffled exhaust expansion chamber. Noise reduction is accomplished by mixing the exhaust air with th... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4361929 | Vacuum cleaner tool having a two-position rotary brush A vacuum cleaner tool is provided which comprises a housing and a motor positioned in the housing, the motor having a driving pulley connected to the output thereof. A rotary agitator brush is mounted in the housing and has a portion thereof extending fro... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4361930 | Caster socket assembly A caster socket assembly for attachment of a caster to a furniture leg having an opening. The assembly includes a plastic housing having a cylindrical socket provided with an annular groove, the housing being insertable in the opening of the furniture leg... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4361931 | Furniture fitting The invention relates to a furniture fitting in the form of a cup-shaped hinge housing which can be anchored into a bore of a furniture door and used as a door side pivot carrier for a furniture hinge. The hinge housing has a locking element which can be ... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4361932 | Apparatus for electrically stunning slaughter cattle The present invention relates to an apparatus for electrically stunning slaughter cattle in particular horned cattle such as horned sheep. Said apparatus having a set of electrodes 4, 5, 22, 29 mounted at the outer ends of levers 6, 7, 24, 25, 31, 32 whic... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4361933 | Method of shucking scallops and an apparatus therefor Scallops are shucked by being placed on scallop cradles moving along an endless flexible member and a hinged portion of the scallop shell and an opposed portion thereto are sawn from the remainder, to expose the interior, while the scallops are held in th... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4361934 | Golf score card and pencil holder A golf score card and pencil holder is disclosed including a main body portion in the form of a tag provided with a loop, an elongated cord laced through holes provided in the main body portion, a split ring linked with the loop, an alligator clip attache... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4361935 | Bag closure Several unique bag closure features are presented, with one embodiment having a bag-neck confining opening provided with inwardly depending appendages peripherally spaced from one another and with blunted ends to protect the bag, but with sharp corners to... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4361936 | Decorative cufflink This invention relates to a cufflink disassemblably coupled of its two pieces, one being a decorative member and another being a keeper element, with the aid of a spring clip. The above assembling and disassembling are made quite easily and quickly by man... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4361937 | Cable banding lock ring When a submerged pump is supported on its discharge pipe in a deep well, such as an oil well, the electric power supply cable to the pump is strapped to the side of the discharge pipe. The cable banding lock ring engages around the strap between the cable... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4361938 | Jamming cleat A jamming cleat has a groove to receive and grip a rope. At least a part of the depth of the groove has facing side walls each of which is formed with a plurality of ridges. The edges are inclined upwardly from the base of the groove towards one end of th... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4361939 | Coupling system The present invention discloses a unique self-aligning, quick-release coupling system capable of releasably joining any two or more of a great variety of cooperative male/female mating items to be temporarily or permanently joined, at the option of the us... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4361940 | Slip-type elevator locking mechanism An improved slip-type elevator locking mechanism has a lock rod which has one end connected to the slip setting yoke and a free end extending generally parallel with the direction of movement of the slips in the elevator bowl. A cam arm mounted on the ele... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4361941 | Valve and wire cutting, skinning and wrapping tool employing the valve The wire cutting, skinning and wrapping tool includes a hollow sleeve, a knife carried by the sleeve, a bit provided with a longitudinal groove which is able to slide in a forward and backward direction in the sleeve, the bit and the knife skinning an ins... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4361942 | Terminal applying machine A novel automatic wire terminal applying machine for attaching closed barrel terminals to the ends of lengths of wire is disclosed. In addition to the conventional operating mechanisms, including wire clamps, wire cutter and strippers, and terminal applic... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4361943 | Device for installing threaded bushes A device for installing a threaded bush into a work piece has a housing containing a rotatable threaded rod. A pressure responsive piston in the housing axially moves the threaded rod with respect to the housing. A rotatable abutment sleeve is provided be... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4361944 | Barrel lock ferrule extractor An extractor for the flanged tubular ferrule which surrounds the head of the barrel lock of a kilowatt-hour meter comprises an actuating screw and a two-piece clamp. The clamp has a threaded hole and two recesses of different diameters, the larger of whic... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4361945 | Tension control of fasteners There is disclosed a technique for tightening threaded fasteners in which values of offset torque, initial tension rate relative to angle, final tension rate relative to angle and other joint related factors are empirically determined by instrumenting a p... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4361946 | Method of and apparatus for attaching sliders and top end stops for slide fasteners A method of attaching sliders and top end stops to a pair of continuous slide fastener stringers, each stringer having successive spaced groups of coupling elements mounted on continuous stringer tape and interengaged with opposed complementary groups of ... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4361947 | Storage container and method of making same A container includes two elongate tubular members, one telescoped within the other. The inner tube has an access opening in one section of an upper wall portion through which articles can be placed into and removed from the interior of the tube when the i... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4361948 | Method of manufacturing cytodiagnostic brush assembly A method of manufacturing a cytodiagnostic brush assembly comprises forming a sleeve, which is used to cover and fix the end of a strand or strands which form a brush, by a drawing operation, whereby the sleeve is secured to the strands.... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4361949 | Process for making a memory device A first semiconductor circuit element including a first electrode is formed on a semiconductor substrate, an insulating layer for insulating the first electrode is formed on the first electrode, and a first opening is provided in a part of this insulating... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4361950 | Method of making solar cell with wrap-around electrode A solar cell is provided which has a front electrode which wraps around the edge of the cell and onto a portion of the back of the cell. A second electrode is also provided on the back of the cell thereby permitting all electrical connections to be made o... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4361951 | Method of fabricating a titanium dioxide rectifier This specification discloses a method of fabricating a titanium rectifier circuit element. A titanium dioxide main body is formed with a pair of spaced faces each of which having thereon a platinum electrode. A dc voltage is applied across this structure,... | 12/07/1982 |
