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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4390995 | Shock damping face guard strap for football helmets Shock damping anchor straps for a face guard mounted on a transverse axis to the brow portion of a football helmet, the face guard having an anchor bar at each side ear portion of the helmet, there being a flexible anchor strap at each anchor bar and each... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4390996 | Garment A garment comprising a jacket part comprising a body having a lower edge at crotch level and two arms extending from the body and a trouser part comprising two legs a part of the upper edge of each leg being permanently attached to the lower edge of the b... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4390997 | Heat protection garment A heat protection garment comprises one or more manifolds connected to one or more headers by a plurality of parallel extending coolant tubes. The manifolds and headers are similar and both include mixing chambers to which the coolant tubes are connected.... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4390998 | Prefabricated cap frame The cap frame is intended for use in a uniform cap of the type used by military officers, and is a unitary structure of synthetic resin including a perforated band portion with a thickened upper edge for reinforcement and an integral vertical stay portion... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4390999 | Panty hose with body bulge control The body bulge controlling portion of the panty hose has elastic yarn incorporated therein to provide a medium amount of compressive force against the body of the wearer and is positioned between portions of the panty hose having a relatively great amount... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4391000 | Ear muff mounting device Hard hats are often provided with ear muffs, which are mounted by removable fittings. The hat is provided with two narrow pockets for receiving these fittings. Each fitting comprises a main body, where the ear muff holder arm is rotatably secured, and a p... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4391001 | Soft toilet seat and hinge connector A toilet seat hinge has elongated male connector portions provided with saw-toothed shaped upper and lower surfaces which are inserted in female openings in the rear surface of a soft toilet seat and a soft toilet seat cover. The male connector portions l... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4391002 | Water-closet for vehicles, particularly motor coaches An aerating system for faecal matter collected in a container in a vehicle which includes a pressurized air system for operating brakes, doors, ventilation flaps and the like. The pressurized air system includes a tank and a compressor which operates cont... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4391003 | Water-saving device for use with toilets A water-saving device for toilets is provided which when employed in a conventional toilet tank allows for flushing a conventional toilet employing an amount of water which is substantially less than usually employed. The water-saving device of the invent... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4391004 | Spraying device for use in toilet bowls A rectal sprayer for use in toilets having a toilet bowl and toilet seat, which sprayer includes a spray deflecting member located at the side of the toilet bowl at a position to which a spraying head is retracted following use. When in the retracted posi... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4391005 | Apparatus for cleaning swimming pools Apparatus for intermittently directing one or more streams of water across the inner surface of a swimming pool structure for cleaning the surface. A cylindrical retractable nozzle head actuated by fluid pressure moves to an active, extended position to e... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4391006 | Transfer bench A transfer bench for use in enabling an invalid to be moved at least partially into a bathtub, either from a wheelchair or standing position, comprised of an approach seat extending partly outside the front side wall of the bathtub and a main seat assembl... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4391007 | Multi-position wall spacer An adjustable wall-spacer is employed to position an adjustable hospital bed normally from a wall and prevent contact of the headboard with the wall when the bed is moved into raised or tilted positions.... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4391008 | Elements for assembly of knocked-down waterbed pedestal A waterbed pedestal assembly, comprising a framework with front, back and sides, having openings in the front and back thereof for insertion of drawers there through; U-shaped brackets mounted to the interior of the front and back of the framework, into w... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4391009 | Ventilated body support Disclosed is a ventilated support for living bodies comprising an inflatable alternating pressure pad which is either enclosed by or forms a part of an air permeable plenum chamber through which air is pumped at low pressure to provide a source of ventila... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4391010 | Disposable draw sheet A disposable draw sheet for use on bed mattresses in which a thin sheet of liquid impervious material supports a liquid absorbent material layer. The liquid impervious sheet is wide enough to be tucked under each side of the mattress. Pockets formed by do... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4391011 | Machine adapted for use in the manufacture of shoes A computer-controlled machine for progressively roughing marginal portions of shoe bottoms comprises a tool support arm, on which two rotary roughing brushes are carried side-by-side, and a shoe support between which and the arm relative movement takes pl... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4391012 | Swingable insole rest An insole rest (14) that supports a shoe assembly (64) formed of a last (66) having an upper (70) draped thereon and an insole (68) located on its bottom. A first motor (36) is so connected to the insole rest as to effect heightwise movement of the insole... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4391013 | Finishing tool for smoothing wallboard tape joints A finishing tool is used to smooth tape joints of interior walls and ceilings constructed of plaster-board or drywall. The tool includes a handle, a resilient polyester foam pad, and a wettable abrasive surface of short, stiff coarse nylon fibers bonded t... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4391014 | Cleaning wiper A cleaning wiper adapted to automatically maintain a fresh cleaning surface upon each utilization. Supply and take-up holders are mounted in a body for holding rolls of a cleaning web. The cleaning web, intermediate the supply and take-up holders, passes ... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4391015 | Pivot connection for wiper blades A pivot connection is provided between two yokes of a wiper blade or between a wiper arm and one yoke of a wiper blade wherein the cross-section of a first metallic yoke has substantially the form of an inverted U and has at least one transverse pivot pin... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4391016 | Degreasing apparatus for elongated materials A degreasing apparatus for an elongated member including a treatment room sequentially divided in an isolated fashion and along the feeding direction of the elongated member into a degreasing chamber, a predrying chamber and a finish drying chamber. At le... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4391017 | Device for removing incendiary matter from the interior of an aircraft Flammable fluid or other incendiary matter (204) contained aboard an aircraft may be removed from the aircraft's interior by means of a special purpose disposal device that utilizes the differential in pressure between the pressurized interior of a modern... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4391018 | Vacuum cleaner with wheel and nozzle height adjusting mechanism A suction cleaner having a chassis including a suction nozzle inlet at the bottom thereof and first and second sets of wheels supporting such chassis for movement on a floor surface is provided with a nozzle height adjusting mechanism comprising first axl... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4391019 | Corner connector for sliding doors Corner connectors for sliding doors which connect stiles and rails of the doors and carry upper and lower guide arms are improved by making the arms detachable. The arms are connected to the connector bodies by T-bars passing through T- or L-slots in the ... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4391020 | Gravity return hinge having an axle rod in an axle sleeve An automatic return hinge having a primary and a secondary hinge, the primary hinge being furnished with an axle rod with spiral grooves, three locating balls in an axle sleeve roll along the spiral grooves on the axle rod as the door is opened and closed... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4391021 | Apron drafting system An apron drafting system for textile fibers includes a pair of front rolls, a pair of middle rolls, and a pair of back rolls defining front and back drafting zones therebetween. A cradle, including a pair of side plates, is mounted on both of said middle ... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4391022 | Automatic lock slider for slide fasteners An automatically locking slider for slide fasteners has a locking member including a piece of resilient strip, preferably made of stainless steel, which is bent into a generally "3" shape having a U-shaped base extending around a transverse spindle of a p... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4391023 | Buckle arrangement for seat belts An improved buckle arrangement for a seat belt for use in a motor vehicle or the like in which retaining portions provided on a frame of the buckle for retaining a locking member are formed into a plate-like shape, while the face of the retaining portions... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4391024 | Buckle device A buckle device has a tongue, a base, a latch member supported on the base and movable between an engaged position with the tongue and a non-engaged position with the tongue, a push button for releasing the engagement between the tongue and the latch memb... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4391025 | Process for laying down continuous material An apparatus is described for laying down continuous material 15, for example filament tows, which runs on a determined level, from which level it is given a meander form by means of a turning wheel 1, the periphery of which is provided with reversing ele... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4391026 | Mill roll A mill roll includes a roll body, a plurality of circumferentially extending grooves formed in the periphery of the roll body, a plurality of channels extending axially through the roll body at positions inwardly of the grooves, a plurality of inserts fit... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4391027 | Method of making a heat exchanger assembly A heat exchanger assembly such as a radiator, or the like, comprising a core having front and rear faces and including tubes parallel to the faces and spaced fins extending transversely to the faces and the tubes respectively and interconnecting the tubes... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4391028 | Solventless assembly of flexible tubing to a component An apparatus for facilitating assembling a length of flexible tubing on a component part which avoids the use of sealing solvents yet affords a secure placement of the tubing thereon. The apparatus and method assures a secure fitment by stretching the tub... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4391029 | Catheter hub assembly A catheter is provided with an improved hub assembly. The catheter defines an end which, in turn, defines a relatively enlarged transverse dimension for the catheter wall and a thickened annular lip, when compared with an adjacent portion of the catheter.... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4391030 | Method of producing a looped strand lacing member for use in transplanting trees A wheel-like device enables a looped-strand drum lacing to be made thereon from two lengths of rope for use when forming a tree root ball of soil during transplanting of the tree. The device has a central hub with a plurality of outwardly projecting posts... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4391031 | Method of assembling two shaped sections with a cotter The invention concerns a method for assembling two shaped sections (1, 2) at intersecting directions. This method consists in engaging one of the shaped sections, 2, into a slot fashioned in the other 1, and in locking the latter using cotters 3 comprisin... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4391032 | Method for manufacturing integrated dynamic RAM one-transistor storage cells Method for manufacturing dynamic RAM one-transistor storage cells in a semiconductor chip with each cell having one integrated field effect transistor and one integrated capacitor. A semiconductor substrate surface is covered in part by a thin oxide layer... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4391034 | Thermally compensated shadow mask In vacuum sputter cleaning and plating operations forming a patterned metallic layer on a silicon semiconductor chip, alignment is maintained by anticipating the difference in thermal expansion between the molybdenum mask and the silicon chip and forming ... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4391035 | Method of mounting a magnetic head unit on a movable carrier A method of fixing a magnetic head unit on a carrying arm of a movable carrying arm arrangement for a magnetic disc storage device. The arm is arranged to be movable on a mounting aid by means of its own bearing, a previously manufactured fixing part for ... | 07/05/1983 |
