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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4371983 | Weight attachment for baseball glove A baseball fielder's glove containing a weight attached thereto. The weighted fielder's glove increases the strength, quickness and agility of a ball player's fielding hand by strengthening the wrist and hand through continual use. The weight is preferabl... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4371984 | Palm guard A palm guard (20, 40, 60) for use in manually inserting a stay (16) into the ground (12) for securing a resin tube (14) about a tree (10) in reforestation projects comprising a base (22, 42, 62) attachable to a user's hand (17), and a rim (24, 44, and 64)... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4371985 | Conical bladder A device comprising a conical, inflated bladder to be mounted on the back of a user's leg to aid in the distribution of body weight when the user is in a squating or kneeling position.... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4371986 | Disposable garment A disposable garment comprising, a gown having a pair of sleeves, a front, and a pair of side margins defining an open back for the gown. The garment has a first belt having one end secured to the gown and the other end being free. The garment has a secon... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4371987 | Latex glove An elastomeric surgical glove with an improved ring rolled cuff and a method and apparatus to produce the cuff is disclosed. The ring rolled cuff comprises alternating tightly rolled segments with loosely rolled segments. The ring rolled cuff is made by c... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4371988 | Gloves and a method of making thereof A protective glove made of a fabric base or inner lining covered externally by a flexible, protective two-layer coating based on plasticized polyvinyl providing simultaneously high mechanical and physical strength and high resistance to chemical attack. T... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4371989 | Seamless crotch A pants-like garment especially suitable for being worn while dancing, exercising or partaking in similar activities is described. The garment is form fitting in the buttocks and upper thigh areas but has no seams running along the crotch. An essentially ... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4371990 | Thigh prosthesis A thigh prosthesis or artificial leg comprising an upper socket portion designed to be secured, in use, to an amputee's stump, a lower shin portion, an articulation frame joining the socket portion to the shin portion, resilient means for limiting and cus... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4371991 | Clean-out tool for sinks and the like A clean-out tool for sinks and the like having a J-trap section attachable between the sink tail piece and the waste drain outlet, and an extension member attached to the lowermost portion of the trap and extending upwardly to an open end above the overfl... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4371992 | Water feeder conservation tank A water tank located above a conventional toilet tank so as to flow water downward into the toilet tank; the water tank including a drain pipe downward into the toilet tank, a hinged cover on top, and a mechanism to flow the water outward therefrom into t... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4371993 | Bidet alternative apparatus A bidet alternative apparatus, receivable atop the water tank of a toilet, formed from a housing having three fluid chambers formed therein. The fluid chambers are connected, via a plurality of hollow pipes, to a pump disposed in the housing; a manually o... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4371994 | Rotational indexing nozzle arrangement A rotational indexing nozzle arrangement has been devised wherein positive and consistent indexing action takes place under the influence of the application of fluid pressure and its relief by the action of an indexing or biased spring which becomes relax... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4371995 | Recreational basin A recreational basin having a tub with an inlet for fluids thereto. A pan is superposed in relation to the tub such that fluids can drain from the pan into the tub. A pump transfers fluid from the tub to the pan while a screening device prevents solids fr... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4371996 | Articulated bed An articulated bed having a tubular frame, a mattress-holder made up in three parts; a back-rest, a seat-rest and a leg-rest; an arcuate cradle welded to the frame; a carrier capable of rolling on the cradle and an air compressed jack acting on the carrie... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4371997 | Adjustable firmness cushion with multiple layered foam-filled compartments Foam plastic pads are contained in separate air-tight compartments with each of the compartments having an air passage which is controlled by a manually operated valve. The person using the cushion first allows air to enter the compartments, then rests on... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4371998 | Hybrid flotation mattress having protecting, water proof liner A hybrid flotation mattress of the type having a center water bag surrounded by at least one row of resilient bedding material is provided. A protective water resistant liner is further provided between the water bag and the resilient material as is a bri... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4371999 | Air mattresses An air mattress includes a top and a bottom wall connected by a plurality of longitudinally-extending, laterally-spaced vertical partitions which divide the mattress into a plurality of longitudinal air compartments. The side edges of each partition are s... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4372000 | Beehive frame and method of construction thereof A beehive frame comprising two congruent pieces of molded plastic each having a plurality of openings therein of equal size and shape. The two members are placed in facing relation with the openings in registration and a sheet of comb foundation, such as ... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4372001 | Carpet dyeing system with movable squeegee roll Dye is applied to the lower surface of a dye pickup roll for transfer to the pile surface of a length of carpet, and a squeegee roll engages the dye pickup roll after the dye has been applied to the pickup roll and before the dye is transferred from the p... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4372002 | Cotton treating process To impregnate loose cotton staple and like fibers with chemicals, a mass of such fibers is fed into and through a series of compartments in a baffled housing assembly and is there acted upon by a series of cooperating rotating paddle assemblies while in c... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4372003 | Industrial pipe thread cleaner A powered pipe thread cleaner for oil pipe and oil casings has a housing which defines a sump for collecting dirty solvent during the thread cleaning process. The thread cleaner is of the driven brush type and employs specially configured brushes and brus... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4372004 | Wide-sweep carpet cleaner bristle strip and brush roll A brush or agitator roll of a suction cleaner for carpets or other floor coverings is provided with a plurality, for example, a pair of diametrically opposed longitudinally extending spiral grooves and a bristle/agitator strip is spirally, slidably engage... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4372005 | Operator for sliding doors A closure for a pair of sliding doors is provided that allows a user to open and automatically close both doors of a pair of sliding doors. The doors can be operated individually or simultaneously. The closure includes a pivoting link having two members, ... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4372006 | Freight door roller housing A replacement for a freight car roller housing assembly in which there are two hollow wheel wells having rollers journalled therein, the wells being respectively connected by a block extending between them. The block has a vertical cylindrical passageway ... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4372007 | Releaseable hinge mechanism A releaseable hinge mechanism for use with a cover member, a bottom housing member having a deflectable support wall and a top housing member having a facing margin adjacent the support wall. A hinge is connected to the cover member and includes a central... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4372008 | Food patty molding machine with multi-orifice fill passage and stripper plate A food patty molding machine of the kind in which a food pump pumps a moldable food product through a fill passage into the mold cavities of a cyclically operable mold plate, with a multi-orifice plate interposed in the outlet end of the fill passage to d... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4372009 | Support shackle and product drop mechanism A product carried by a rigid support device swingably suspended from an overhead conveyor is dropped from the support device by a striker mechanism which sharply strikes the support device to cause it to swing out from under the product.... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4372010 | Apparatus for the automatic infeed of a textile fibre sheet into a coiler Apparatus for the automatic infeed of a fibre sheet into a coiler comprises a smooth-surfaced transverse guide 6 to be placed at the delivery side of a pair of drawing rollers 1, 2. The guide 6 has an orifice 7 for gathering into a tuft the fibre sheet 3 ... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4372011 | Flexible band clamp The invention relates to a clip for securing together articles, and the clip includes a band which is formed of a suitable material such as plastic and metal. Rib formations are provided at both ends of the band and the rib formations each consist of a pl... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4372012 | Belt adjusting device for a safety belt Belt adjusting device for a safety belt, including a sliding member having a slot formed therein bordered by edges of the sliding member through which a portion of the safety belt is pulled forming a loop, and a locking bar at least partly disposed within... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4372013 | Grommet A novel grommet with improved fabric-engaging retaining means. Said grommet includes a pair of like annular washers arranged at opposite surfaces of the fabric structure, about an opening therein; and a central coupling sleeve engaged through said opening... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4372014 | Construction system and fastener therefore A construction system is disclosed utilizing prefabricated panels which can be assembled in a contiguous, aligned relationship to form a construction section. In one form of the system, the individual panels may include a structural core with a flexible m... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4372015 | Blind hole clamping tool A blind hole clamping tool which provides for clamping to an apertured panel having only one side of the panel accessible, by positioning the tool locator disk in the aperture of the panel while utilizing the knurled knob to rotate the eccentrically dispo... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4372016 | Hardware snap and method of producing same There is provided an improved hardware fixture of the type known as a snap and including a unitary body with a hook for supporting tension force applied to the snap, a connector for connecting the body to an external force supporting element and an interm... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4372017 | U-Bolt exhaust system clamp with double saddle A U-bolt saddle clamp is disclosed having a double saddle design, wherein the primary saddle web is centered on the U-bolt axis to provide a substantially complete circular indentation on the coupled pipes to which it is applied in cooperation with the U-... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4372018 | Combined casket and burial vault assembly with stackable components A combined casket and burial vault assembly comprises a casket lid having a peripheral depending lip, a casket body having tapered side walls, tapered end walls, and a peripheral flange portion adapted for receiving the casket lid thereon, a removable hal... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4372019 | Method of manufacturing projectiles The present invention relates to a method used for manufacturing projectiles or other ammunition units such as artillery shells, and specifically to fastening a driving band (10) and/or a pipe cap (13) to the projectile body (1). In order to obtain a stro... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4372020 | Slag removal apparatus Apparatus for removing slag from the top surface of metal shapes including a conveyor belt and a pair of vertically adjustable impact units located above the conveyor belt. Each impact unit has an impact element head driven by an electric motor and is att... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4372021 | Device for mounting and securing a membrane on an amperometric cell A device for mounting and securing a membrane made of a substantially flat piece of flexible polymer film on an amperometric cell that has a substantially cylindrical cell end frontally provided with an electrolyte-bearing sensor face by means of a remova... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4372022 | Machine for progressively closing flanges of cap strips on standing rib roofs The seaming machine has two pairs of dies which are longitudinally spaced. The dies are mounted from a frame for pivoting movement about parallel axes equally spaced on opposite sides of the longitudinal center line of the machine. A motor supported by th... | 02/08/1983 |
