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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4412357 | Shirt A knit shirt for female athletes is provided with straps for selectively and adjustably constraining the breasts of an athlete wearing the shirt. Three sets of straps having mating Velcro surfaces are shown. An optional applique panel is illustrated.... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4412358 | Individually fitted helmet liner and method of making same An individually fitted helmet liner includes a plurality of layers, each of which consists of a thermoplastic sheet formed with an array of pockets receiving the major portions of energy-absorbing spheres, the spheres of one layer being in register with t... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4412359 | Posterior chamber lens implant A posterior chamber lens implant is disclosed for use after extracapsular surgery. In extracapsular surgery the interior of the lens of the human eye is evacuated through a surgical opening formed in the front membrane of the lens while leaving the rear m... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4412360 | Method of and apparatus for providing a personal sanitary toilet seat cover A method of and apparatus for providing a replaceable, personal and sanitary toilet seat are disclosed, wherein a conventional toilet seat forms a base seat onto which is attached various mounting means onto which a protective cover may be detachably moun... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4412361 | Button actuated pop up drain fitting A selectively sealable drain fitting includes a tubular drain body having a spider in the lower end thereof. An upwardly extending rectangular post is joined to the center of the spider, and is provided with a lateral slot in one face thereof and an obliq... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4412362 | Partial flush apparatus utilizing pneumatic time delay mechanism A partial flush apparatus, for use in conjunction with a conventional flush toilet, utilizes a pneumatic time delay mechanism for partially flushing the contents of the water tank into the toilet bowl. An extension member is secured to the conventional fl... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4412363 | Apparatus for collecting and distributing pollen Pollen collecting apparatus for placement at different levels within a segmented bee colony. The apparatus includes a centrally located pollen trap with an overlying scraper and pollen tray wherein both trapping, non-trapping and pollination enhancing ope... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4412364 | Process for the normalized manufacture of shoes A process for the normalized manufacture of shoes includes defining the measurements of the sole of a last, to determine the transverse contour thereof, by defining an axis transverse to the length of the sole at a position spaced one third of the length ... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4412365 | Brush A brush in which the individual bristles are arranged in clusters so that the bristles are parallel to one another and perpendicular to the brush body for improved gathering and aligning of hair without damage thereto. One embodiment also has a casing hav... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4412366 | Adjustable hinge A hinge for furniture doors is adjustable in three directions, i.e. in the direction of the depth of an article of furniture, in the direction of the height of the article of furniture and in the direction of the breadth of the door joint. Adjustment is e... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4412367 | Electric stop motion apparatus for a textile machine In textile machines fed with fibre slivers, such as e.g. drawframes, immediate stopping of the machine is required in case of a sliver breakage before or on the feed table. This requirement is fulfilled using the inventive stop motion apparatus quickly an... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4412368 | Safety-pins A safety-pin is provided with a sheath (16;33) that fits over the cap (12;28) of the pin and can be slid between a release state and a locking state. During assembly the sheath is slid onto the cap and then at least one lug (21A,21B;38) on the sheath is b... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4412369 | Hook-like end for drawstring A hook-like end for a drawstring is formed by folding one end of the drawstring back on itself and then stitching that folded end so a hook-like portion of appreciable length is formed. If, through inadvertence or through deliberate intent, a force were t... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4412370 | Clamps The clamp of the invention comprises two arcuate portions hinged to one another and formed with looped fingers which interlace when the clamp is closed whereupon the looped ends of the interlaced fingers define between them a tapered passage which receive... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4412371 | Device for introducing a traveling yarn into a yarn treatment chamber A traveling yarn is introduced into a yarn treatment chamber, such as a texturing device, wherein essentially standard treatment temperatures are being employed, the yarn traveling at standard speeds and temperatures for the treatment process carried out ... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4412372 | Method of manufacturing bearing rings ruptured along an arrow-shaped partition line The present invention is a method for the manufacture of bearing rings ruptured along an arrow-shaped partition line for antifriction bearings or similar devices. According to the invention a radial bore is introduced through the middle of the ring transv... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4412373 | Method of manufacturing a thin copper plate with flow conduits A method of manufacturing a thin plate or band from copper or a copper alloy is disclosed, the plate or band having flow conduits parallel to its plane, in which a thicker copper plate billet, which also has flow conduits parallel to its plane and the tot... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4412374 | Device for clamping an insulated cable wire to a terminal element The subject-matter of the invention is a device for electrically clamping or connecting a cable wire in the longitudinal slot of an upright terminal element, the laterally deflectable legs and lugs of which are not supported at their sides, e.g. by a plas... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4412375 | Method for fabricating CMOS devices with guardband A CMOS process which provides a self-aligned guardband in a high density circuit is disclosed. A polysilicon masking member is used to define a well and also to provide alignment for the guardband. A single plasma etching step etches silicon nitride in on... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4412376 | Fabrication method for vertical PNP structure with Schottky barrier diode emitter utilizing ion implantation A vertical PNP bipolar transistor structure with Schottky Barrier diode emitter is disclosed which simplifies the structure and process steps for combining a complementary PNP in an NPN integrated circuit and improves the speed and density of the vertical... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4412377 | Method for manufacturing a hybrid integrated circuit device A method for manufacturing a hybrid integrated circuit device comprising a step of forming an Al2 O3 layer on a metal substrate, a step of forming on the Al2 O3 layer a resist layer having a pattern opposite to ... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4412378 | Method for manufacturing semiconductor device utilizing selective masking, etching and oxidation Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device. In this method an oxidation-resistive insulating film is formed on a silicon body of a one conductivity type. A first impurity region of the opposite conductivity type is selectively formed i... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4412379 | Method of manufacturing a multitrack magnetic head employing double helix structure A multitrack magnetic head is made from an electrically conductive first helix formed on an iron wire that is, in turn, wound to form a second helix. By cutting or lapping a longitudinal flat along one side of the second helix, the first helix is severed ... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4412380 | Hose cutoff device or tool A hose cutoff device or tool is disclosed which is especially adapted for cutting lengths of hose for use in hose assemblies for automotive air-conditioning systems. The device or tool comprises a base which is provided with axially-spaced, axially aligne... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4412381 | Blade housing for cast cutting tool A blade housing for a cast cutting tool which is used to remove a cast from a patient is disclosed. The housing is polygonal shaped and includes a number of sides through which the circular saw blade of the cast cutting tool projects. The saw blade projec... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4412382 | Line feed mechanism for filament cutting An indexing mechanism (10) for a filament line vegetation cutting device (12) comprises a spool (34) fixed to a drive shaft (22). Enclosure (62) surrounds spool (34) and has a grommet (82) for guiding a filament line (2) contained on spool (34). A spider ... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4412383 | Cable driven plotter A cable driven plotter. One end of a first and a second cable is pivotally connected to a marking device. The cables extend over respective guide pulleys located at separated fixed points and are wound around respective motor driven take-up reels to which... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4412384 | Height measuring device having level instrument and platform A personnel height mesuring device which includes a platform upon which a person stands. A frame is releasably attachable to the platform and is movable with respect to the platform. An extensible tape is carried by the frame and has an end portion attach... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4412385 | Gauge for checking features - like linear dimensions - of a mechanical piece An automatic gauge for checking diameters of holes of a mechanical piece comprising plug gauges having protection nosepieces adapted to enter into the holes, a slide carrying the plug gauges, and a hydraulic device for displacing the slide; the contact be... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4412386 | Compass A non-magnetic compass for use in a moving military land vehicle, comprising a rapidly rotating platform having a north star-seeking columnar element that carries a sun-seeking telescope. Fibre optic bundles transmit sun rays from the telescope to a selec... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4412387 | Digital compass having a ratiometric bearing processor A digital compass including a two-axis earth's magnetic field sensor and a earing processor computes the bearing for local display or transmission from a remote site to a local site for display and/or storage. The bearing processor portion of the digital c... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4412388 | Method for drying semiconductor substrates A method for drying semiconductor substrates wherein a plurality of semiconductor substrates are irradiated with electromagnetic waves emitted from a waveguide in a non-reactive atmosphere of normal atmospheric pressure while the semiconductor substrates ... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4412389 | Method of automatically controlling the drying process in a laundry-drying system, and equipment for performing the method Method and device of automatically controlling the drying process of a laundry drying system until a given desired degree of dryness is reached, including heating means, a drive for the drying system, a control device for controlling the drive and heating... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4412390 | Centrifugal spin air dryer A high speed dehydrator or centrifugal extractor includes an article receiving rotatable drum or basket driven by a high rpm electric motor, and further includes improvements in the housing assembly and interior mounting of the basket and motor, an improv... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4412391 | Water heater utilizing laundry dryer exhaust A water preheating system extracts heat energy from the exhaust gases of a laundry dryer. The hot exhaust gases are introduced into a heating chamber where they are directed at the underside of a water storage tank used to furnish preheated water to a con... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4412392 | Grain drying and storage structure An improvement to a grain drying and storage structure which reduces moisture condensation on the inside of the walls of the grain drying structure by forcing heated air out through a peripheral opening at the top of the wall of the drying structure into ... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4412393 | Ballet toe shoe and process of manufacture thereof A ballet dancer's toe dancing ballet shoe is designed and manufactured more simply than conventional ballet toe shoes. A sole supporting shank of the toe shoe has a tip flap at the front thereof which may be folded up to define the front panel of the comp... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4412394 | Dredging suction-jet head A placer stream dredging head including a relatively short section of open end pipe coaxially secured to the depending end of a boat supported gangue tube. A closed bottom cage is connected with the depending end of the pipe section. A first force pump su... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4412395 | Display device The present invention relates to an easel used to display sheets of paper held to a backing plate by a means for releasably securing the sheets of paper along its upper marginal edge and a means for securing the sheets of paper along its lower marginal ed... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4412396 | Sign holder with reversible supporting brackets A sign holder having at least one support post over which turnoverable square shaped sign supporting frames are placed, each frame being secured to the post by an adjustable screw threaded through appropriately placed threaded holes on each supporting fra... | 11/01/1983 |
