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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4382301 | Snake proof chaps A protective garment for shielding a wearer from snake bites is disclosed. The garment is a legging made of basket weave with two ends drawn as one and two picks per shed. A coating of polyurethane is included on the inside of the basket weave fabric.... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4382302 | Weighted training vest having constant weight distribution A weighted training vest device adapted to be worn upon an athlete's torso to develop greater strength for running. The vest includes front and rear flexible panels adapted to fit against the wearer's chest and back respectively and a plurality of weights... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4382303 | Non-woven polyester wearing apparel A basic garment suitable for use as a medical examination gown or for other purposes calling for apparel which may be quickly opened to fully expose the body of the wearer. The garment is fabricated from a single blank of non-woven polyester sheet materia... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4382304 | Device for automatically maintaining toilets clean A new article of manufacture, comprising a capsule intended to be dropped into the water tank of a toilet, to dispense metered amounts of a chemically active cleaning agent into the water over a long interval of time. At the end of such interval, the enti... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4382305 | Self-sealing waterbed mattress A waterbed mattress comprising an external envelope is provided with an internal layer of viscous, polymeric sealing material for sealing punctures in the mattress. The polymeric material can be polybutene filled with a particulate filler. The sealing mat... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4382306 | Prenatal mattress A prenatal mattress enabling a pregnant woman to lie more comfortably and safely upon her abdomen during the pregnancy term is disclosed. The mattress can comprise a lower layer of cloth carrying releasable fasteners, an abdominal cushion, a head cushion,... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4382307 | Transfer bridge A transfer bridge for ramps. The bridge includes a bridge plate, the rear end of which is pivotable about a horizontal axis. The bridge plate is provided with a retractable and extendable extension which in turn is provided with tongues capable of being p... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4382308 | Scrubbing torque monitoring and control system An electronic circuit measures the torque of a motor used to drive rotatable brushes, which may be used to clean the surfaces of flat articles, such as printed circuit boards. The circuit measures the torque by determining the average power consumed by th... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4382309 | Toothbrush A toothbrush is disclosed which is capable of cleaning the buccal-labial and lingual surfaces of teeth simultaneously. The method of fabricating the toothbrush is also disclosed. The toothbrush includes a bristle mounting head, a holder for supporting the... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4382310 | Dust mop with improved backing The backing for the mop has oppositely facing pockets at each end, one of which is much shorter than the other and has a cross member overlying the open inner end thereof. The cross member is secured to the backing along opposite edges thereof and is open... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4382311 | Door-closure apparatus A pneumatic door-closure apparatus comprising an elongated cylindrical housing in which an integrally formed rod and piston are slidably biased, the rod having a free end that extends outwardly therefrom and including a plurality of transversely disposed ... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4382312 | Multiposition hood hinge mechanism A hood hinge mechanism includes upper and lower brackets interconnected by pivoted links. An auxiliary hinge member is pivoted to the upper bracket and secured to the hood. The lower bracket is secured to the body. The upper hinge bracket and auxiliary hi... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4382313 | Gizzard harvesting machine A system for processing a gizzard with the viscera attached where the viscera is conveyed along a poultry processing line by conveying means including adjusting means for adjusting the viscera to a predetermined length while the viscera is conveyed by the... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4382314 | Poultry eviscerator with movable work cylinder A plurality of birds suspended from an overhead conveyor are received in series at the work stations 30 of the outer rotatable work cylinder 29 of the eviscerator. Bird holders 105 are moved by stationary cams 100 and 119 to hold the birds at each work st... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4382315 | Apparatus for opening bales of fiber An apparatus for opening bales of fibers using a gripper which detaches a layer of fibers from the top of a bale and then moves upwardly. A hold-back device is provided for grasping a web of fibers hanging down from said gripper device after the gripper d... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4382316 | Method and apparatus for opening and mixing fiber bales A method an apparatus for opening and mixing the fibers from a plurality of bales according to a predetermined mixture. The device includes tongs-like gripper means which press into the fiber bales for removing fibers therefrom. A measuring means and a co... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4382317 | Pin stem clutch A pin stem clutch or securing device is disclosed which is particularly adapted to grip and hold a shank, for example a pin, the pin being utilized in an earring device, a hat ornament device or the like.... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4382318 | Buckles A buckle is used for connecting the opposite ends of a strap together, one of the ends having a plurality of longitudinally spaced apertures. The buckle comprises a base member, and a cover member lockingly engageable with the base member to cover the sam... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4382319 | Link for jewellery A jewelry link includes a leaf spring, the ends of which are curved to form semi-rings from which protrude arms forming semi-leaf springs, the curve of which is opposite to that of the leaf spring. The spring is thicker at its mid-point than at its ends a... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4382320 | Seat belt buckle A seat belt buckle equipped with means for preventing false locking comprises additionally a slider having a supporting means at its front end, supporting the front portion of a latch member. The slider can be slid in accordance with the insertion of a to... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4382321 | Machine for fraying woven fabrics The present invention relates to a machine for fraying woven fabrics, comprising a table adapted to receive the fabric; a drive device adapted to advance the fabric over the table; an engaging device with reciprocating vertical displacement adapted to pas... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4382322 | Automated welding systems and methods An automated welding system takes initially randomly oriented negative glow lamps and welds a resistor to each lamp. Lead wires are trimmed to desired lengths and the physical strength of the weld between the lamp and the resistor is tested.... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4382323 | Method for manufacturing a wound foil structure comprising distinct catalysts A preferred catalytic converter structure suitable for treating automotive exhaust gases comprises a wound corrugated metal foil and gas passages defined by facing foil surfaces of adjacent turns, wherein one surface carries platinum catalyst and the faci... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4382324 | Method of making a light-weight, two-wheel set Cylindrical blanks are formed into wheels, each with an integral shaft; and one of the shafts is shrunk into the other one in order to complete the set. Each wheel may have an integral, outwardly extending bearing hub.... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4382325 | Heavy pipe joining system A light weight, portable, self-contained pipe joining device and system for installing succeeding, very heavy, concrete pipe sections into the end of a preceding pipe section positioned in a trench. The pipe joining device includes a power operated winch ... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4382326 | Staple supporting and staple removing strip A staple-supporting strip for use with staples when binding documents together which affords removal and retention of the staples without detrimental affect on the document. The staple-supporting strip comprises two narrow layers of tough flexible polymer... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4382327 | Method for particle entrapment within an electrical device package An electrical device consisting of a package 10 comprising a base 11 and a lid 15 and an operation element 17 contained within the package. A particle getter 19 is disposed on the lid 15 for entrapping and retaining foreign particles contained within the ... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4382328 | Method of making stationary electrodes for electrostatic transducers In the method disclosed herein, a nonconductive plastic frame is utilized which provides a planar face portion, there being a plurality of recesses distributed over the face. Selective areas of the face are coated with a conductive layer, avoiding the rec... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4382329 | Tube insertion machine This invention relates to a tube insertion machine, and more particularly to a machine which efficiently inserts heat exchange tubes into holes in opposed end plates and middle plates of shell and tube type heat exchangers.... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4382330 | Coin wrapper cutting tool A coin wrapper cutting tool comprising a principal body portion on which a cutting blade for cutting crimped end portions of wrappers of packaged rolls of coins and an element for shielding the blade when cutting is not required are assembled; the princip... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4382331 | Hydraulic cutter A hydraulic cutter apparatus provided herein comprises a piston slidably disposed in a cylinder, pumping apparatus for feeding a working fluid to the cylinder thereby axially displacing the piston for cutting operation with a cutting blade mounted at the ... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4382332 | Pruning machine This trimming apparatus is conveniently mounted on a vehicle. It has a conveyor that includes belts that push the potted plants along a wall so as to rotate the plants while at the same time the plants are passed by the cutters. Thus the entire periphery ... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4382333 | Chain saw A chain saw having a saw chain adapted to be driven by an engine. The engine has a cylinder and a crank case separable from each other. The crank case has cooling air guide walls formed integrally therewith and extending along the upper and lower sides of... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4382334 | Chain saw device A chain saw is provided with a saw chain cassette and a releasable clamping cover for holding the cassette against the side of the chain saw frame. The clamping cover, together with the cassette and the chain saw frame, have aligning surfaces extending in... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4382335 | Head assembly for multiposition borehole extensometer A head assembly for a borehole extensometer and an improved extensometer for measuring subsurface subsidence. A plurality of inflatable anchors provide discrete measurement points. A metering rod is fixed to each of the anchors which are displaced when su... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4382336 | Line length measuring device Length of a line or, more particularly, depth of a fishing line is digitally indicated by a fishing depth gauge when a clip mounting bracket carries thereon a digital counter activated by cooperation between a fishing line paid out from a rod and a counte... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4382337 | Device for locating suspension hook A device for marking the location on a wall in which to place a nail or hook for suspending an article, such as a picture frame, of the type having a supporting cord on the back thereof. The device comprises a carrier member adapted to be suspended by a f... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4382338 | Manual plug comparator for checking the diameter of holes A manual plug comparator for verifying the diameter of holes of mechanical parts, having a central support plate which supports a movable measurement unit, a protective and centering casing and a handle. The movable measurement unit comprises two movable ... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4382339 | Bow square A bow square for checking and adjusting the bracing height, nocking point and kisser location of an archery bow. The device is generally T-shaped and includes a scale-marked bar for bracing height measurement, and a transversely extending cross arm. The c... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4382340 | Straight edge device An apparatus forms a straight edge device when used with an elongate rigid member and a wire. The apparatus comprises a first member having a socket connectable to a first end of the elongate member, a reel for storing and tensioning the wire, and a first... | 05/10/1983 |
