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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4409689 | Pivot means for a leg guard A leg guard comprises a first, shell-like section (1) and second shell-like section (2). The first section (1) is connected to the second section (2) by means of two coaxial pivot pins (4) arranged on each side of the leg guard. A cupped part (3) is pivot... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4409690 | Intraocular lenses Intraocular lenses for implantation into either of the anterior or posterior chambers of a human eye comprise an improved superior limb fixation element which enables lens insertion to be accomplished easier and more exact with assured fixation in the des... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4409691 | Focussable intraocular lens An intraocular lens that provides accommodation in response to contraction and relaxation of the ciliary body. Accommodation is achieved by motion of the lens, or of an element of a lens system, alternately toward and away from the fovea. Means are provid... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4409692 | Scraper-protector for use with garbage disposal unit A garbage-disposal scraper-protector for use with a garbage disposal unit under a sink. A disk fits loosely in a lower portion of the drain opening of the sink and provides a plurality of narrow openings enabling water to flow at all times from the sink i... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4409693 | Bubble bath device The invention relates to a bubble bath device with varyingly large and separately operable air exit holes for large and small bubble production. The bubble bath device has at least one device body which in turn contains at least one air chamber. The air e... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4409694 | Electronic control device for liquids An electronic device is disclosed for controlling the temperature of a liquid such as water flowing into a container such as a bathtub or the like. The device also controls the level of liquid within the container and includes a solid state circuit in con... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4409695 | Adjustable bed for morbidly obese patients An adjustable bed is particularly adapted for the care of morbidly obese patients and comprises a ground engaging frame with a mattress support including a head section, a center section and a foot section which are hingedly interconnected and have power ... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4409696 | Apparatus for carrying a person in sitting condition The apparatus for carrying a person in a sitting condition includes an upper carrying web which loops around the person's back and extends forwards under the person's arms and a lower carrying web which loops under the person's lower thighs and extends fo... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4409697 | Beehive rack A rack for a beehive for handling a brood chamber and a honey chamber. The rack includes a frame carrying the brood chamber below a queen excluder and the honey chamber above the queen excluder. The queen excluder is mounted on the frame to support the ho... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4409698 | Tap for pressing elastic thread profiles The tap comprises a groove forming portion (1) with a shank (2) having a thread forming portion (3) such that the thread pitch thereof is equal to that of the groove forming portion (1), the crests of the thread forming portion (3) being axially displaced... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4409699 | Power tool waste collector A power tool waste collector is provided that vacuums up sawdust particles and the like. Said invention consists of a base affixed to a power tool having an aperture, a vacuum hose neck and track; a platform having an aperture and an air chamber slidably ... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4409700 | Surface cleaning device A device for simultaneously applying a solution to a surface and immediately thereafter wiping the surface free of excess solution. The device includes a handle provided with a pair of end extensions and a hollow member at the end of each extension, respe... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4409701 | Toothbrush A toothbrush, comprising a head, its top surface provided with exterior rows of bristles and an intermediate slot, leading into a hollow space in the head; a member having its lower portion accommodated in the hollow head space, its upper portion projecti... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4409702 | Universal brush plate assembly A scrubbing plate assembly for use on a carpet scrubbing machine is disclosed. The assembly comprises a mounting plate and a set of brushes which are individually attached to the mounting plate at some predetermined radial orientation. By uniformly changi... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4409703 | Creosote cutter A chimney cleaner is designed to be permanently installed in a chimney and is secured to a topmost portion of the chimney through the use of an adjustable mounting assembly. The chimney cleaner is primarily designed for removing creosote and the mounting ... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4409704 | Process for treating meat A process for treating meat to raise myosin protein to the surface of the meat and to increase the absorption of fluid or additives by first crushing and mashing the meat and then simultaneously shaking and tumbling the meat in a preferred manner while ke... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4409705 | Slider for a slide fastener A slider for a slide fastener comprises a pair of wings defining a guide channel, one of the wings having a pair of lateral edge flanges. Each flange has a corner ridge extending along its inner base and engageable with upper leg portions of the respectiv... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4409706 | Stud and eyelet fastener A stud and eyelet fastener is positively locked together by pivoting the eyelet on the stud in an eyelet pivot seat to an askew position requiring the eyelet to snap past a latching shoulder, and wherein the stud and/or eyelet deforms within the elastic l... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4409707 | Retainer A retainer (21) for securing an article, e.g. a seat cushion, to a vehicle body consists of plastics-made hollow main body (22) which is inserted into an opening (8) in a vehicle body panel (6). The main body is provided on its outer surface with projecti... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4409708 | Pipe clamp with improved retaining lugs A pipe clamp for use in encircling a pipe or main as either a pipe repair clamp or a service side outlet clamp. The pipe clamp comprises a flexible metal band made of sheet metal or the like having a gasket liner which seals with a section of the exterior... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4409709 | Apparatus for continuous untwisting and crimping of a cloth An apparatus for continuous untwisting and crimping of a cloth, including in a treating chamber, a pair of endless net conveyers spaced vertically apart and forming a gap therebetween to serve as a cloth passage. A plurality of jet pipes, each having a se... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4409710 | Apparatus for clamping and unclamping a warp beam in a beam warping machine The centering and entrainment devices, by means of which the warp beam can be clamped or chucked, are axially slidably guided at side plates of the beam warping machine. With their outer ends they are hingedly connected at a respective lever. Both of the ... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4409711 | Method of fabricating acceleration resistant crystal resonators An acceleration resistant crystal resonator is made from a single quartz te that is optically twinned into a left-handed (LH) quartz portion and a right-handed (RH) quartz portion. According to the method, the optically twinned single quartz plate is for... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4409712 | Method for making a stylus having a graphite electrode A diamond body is heated in an environment of vacuum of inert gas containing a small amount of oxygen at a predetermined elevated temperature to allow the carbon atoms of the surface areas to form a layer of graphite on the diamond body. The diamond body ... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4409713 | Electrical connector application tool A tool for terminating an electrical cable by applying to the cable a connector assembly which includes a housing and an insert received in snap-in assembly within the housing. The insert maintains bare end portions of individually insulated conductors wh... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4409714 | Methods of assembling a wick and bearing In a method of assembling a wick and bearing, the wick is passed into a bore of the bearing through one end thereof, and bridge means on the bearing spanning the bore thereof is captured between bifurcated sections of the wick. In another method of assemb... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4409715 | Method for making a castor assembly A method for making a castor assembly having an upper fixing plate and a swivelling fork connected to a wheel comprising the steps of splitting the edge of a central aperture in a plate member forming the fixing plate, forming the cage to define a race fo... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4409716 | Method and apparatus for producing a cast wheel body A cast wheel body is formed with an angular slot for receiving a hammerhead bolt used to fasten a wheel rim to the wheel body with an angle piece cast in this slot being pushed outwardly by means of a vertically movable tool which deburs the areas where t... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4409717 | Swedging tool structure and use A hand tool is provided for swedging female seams of standing seam roof panels. The tool includes a handle and a seam-engaging structure. The handle and seam-engaging structure can either be integral or in two pieces. The seam-engaging portion has first, ... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4409718 | Electro-optical and robotic casting quality assurance This invention relates to improvements in foundry procedures, particularly in-process and post process inspection with electro-optical sensor units. Principally addressed are: inspection of molds and cores to assure correctness and control procedures to a... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4409720 | Dual function, single stroke pressing device A dual function device for pressing a workpiece in a single stroke of a press ram comprises a housing that carries first and second tools each having a working end that protrudes from one end of the housing. The housing can be removably attached, at an en... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4409721 | Machine tool with automatic tool change function A machine tool with an automatic tool change function wherein a rotatable tool spindle carries a movable key engageable with either of a pair of key-ways formed on a tool. A tool changing arm, serving as a tool support device, friction-rotatably supports ... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4409722 | Borderless diffusion contact process and structure Electrical contacts to diffused regions in a semiconductor substrate are made by a process which reduces the space needed in memory or logic cell layouts. The contacts are made such that they overlap, but are insulated from, adjacent conductors. The conta... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4409723 | Method of forming non-volatile EPROM and EEPROM with increased efficiency The floating gate in an N channel EPROM cell extends over the drain diffusion and over a portion of the channel thereby to form a "drain" capacitance between the drain and the floating gate and a "channel" capacitance between the channel and the floating ... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4409724 | Method of fabricating display with semiconductor circuits on monolithic structure and flat panel display produced thereby Method of fabricating a display with silicon integrated circuits included on the same monolithic structure and the flat panel display produced thereby. The display which may be of the liquid crystal or electrochromic type, for example, is formed as an x-y... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4409725 | Method of making semiconductor integrated circuit A method of making a semiconductor integrated circuit on a semiconductor substrate containing thereon an SIT and an IG(MOS) FET or an SIT and C-MOS FETs, comprises a series of steps of making these functional semiconductor devices many of which steps are ... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4409726 | Method of making well regions for CMOS devices This invention significantly reduces the problem of undesired lateral diffusion of P type dopants into the P type active area. A thin oxide/nitride sandwich is formed on the surface of a semiconductor wafer and patterned to serve as a mask defining the to... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4409727 | Methods of making narrow channel field effect transistors A pair of narrow channel IGFET devices having separate insulated gate electrode structures formed over narrow channel regions of a substrate flanking a central enhancement region. Methods of forming the narrow channel regions using a single photolithograp... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4409728 | Method of making a stable high voltage DC varistor A high voltage varistor for DC operation is manufactured by applying a glass collar to the perimeter of a sintered zinc oxide disc and heat treated between about 750° C. and 400° C. for several cycles in air. After heat treating, an organic resin or cer... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4409729 | Method of making spiral wound fuse bodies A method of making a spiral wound fuse body comprising a core of insulating material formed by a limp, dead yarn made of twisted together initially sizing-coated strands of fine ceramic filaments having no sizing to leave a conductive residue under fuse b... | 10/18/1983 |
