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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4433439 | Heat resistant protective hand covering A heat-resistant protective glove having first and second shells which generally define the palm side and backside of the glove, respectively, each of the shell sections being made of a temperature-resistant aromatic polyamide fiber, the first shell secti... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4433440 | Prosthesis formed by inner and outer inflatable containers A breast prosthesis comprising inner and outer flexible containers, each having a self-sealing valve associated therewith. The valves are arranged in such a fashion that each container can be separately filled with fluid. The prosthesis is implanted in a ... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4433441 | Water closet-odor neutralizer This invention is directed to a chemical aided water closet odor neutralizing device. The odor neutralizing device is located or mounted between the water closet and the water closet seat and is characterized by having a suction cavity on one side of the ... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4433442 | Toilet seat and cover operating device A device for operating the seat and cover of a flushing toilet having a flushing tank, comprising a pair of floats installed in the flushing tank and capable of ascending and descending in the flushing tank, the floats being operatively connected with the... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4433443 | Self-contained flow through sewage waste disposal system A self-contained sewage waste disposal system including a housing structure and a toilet bowl adapted to receive human waste and fluid for diluting the waste, transporting the waste and rinsing the bowl. A removable filter cassette is in the housing in co... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4433444 | Toilet with mechanical drainage comprising a draining chamber accessible and dismountable from inside the toilet bowl The invention relates to a toilet apparatus with forcible drainage. Said toilet is of the type comprising a bowl supplied with water and communicating through its bottom part with a lower chamber equipped with means for crushing the faeces and removing them to... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4433445 | Dual flush toilet mechanism A half-flush mechanism for a commode. The half-flush mechansim allows user control of the amount of water used in flushing the commode. Activation of the mechanism entails pushing of a button located in an otherwise conventional flush handle. The mechanis... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4433446 | Flush valve attachment system A flush valve connectable to a wall of a toilet tank is disclosed. In one embodiment, there is a non-circular outlet formed in the bottom wall of the tank. There is also a resilient seal bearing against an upper surface of the bottom wall, the seal surrou... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4433447 | Play pen The play pen of the invention has a body including a peripheric frame formed of parallel side-members and extending between corner posts (4), each side-member including a rigid core which is covered by a flexible plastic tube extending beyond the core end... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4433448 | Power pipe thread cleaner A power actuated cleaner for cleaning the threads on the ends of tubular members including a housing having a rotatable disc in the housing with power means connected to the disc for rotating the disc. A plurality of cleaning brushes are provided, each of... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4433449 | Chimney cleaner A flexible body member has lateral fingers arranged upon rotation to knock off substance which has collected on the inner surface of a chimney. A weight is provided at the bottom end of the body member to hold the latter substantially plumb in a chimney w... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4433450 | Secondary bag adjustment An apparatus 10 for stripping fluid from the surface of a vehicle including a plenum 14 and a flexible inflatable primary bag 20 having a primary bag inlet releasably mounted on the plenum 14 for allowing the flow of air from the plenum 14 to the primary ... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4433451 | Device for cleaning surfaces A device for cleaning surfaces using steam as dirt soaking element and dirt detergent element, whereby extraction components, suction components and steam generating components are available, comprising: a cleaning head with suction components, moisturizing co... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4433452 | Self retained plastic cable guide and door stop A one piece lubricious plastic cable guide and door stop for guiding a tensile stressed flexible cable-like member through a work piece aperture and then angularly behind the workpiece. The guide is self-retained in said aperture and includes a latch memb... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4433453 | Shoulder skinning device A shoulder skinning apparatus includes a skinning device comprised of a housing having a revolvable toothed roller mounted therein and a blade mounted thereon in close proximity to the toothed roller. The skinning device is suspended from a suspension dev... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4433454 | Saw type gin stand with seed removal tube A high capacity saw type cotton gin having the usual ginning ribs, hulling ribs, and saw cylinder, and structure defining a roll box generally above the intervening zone between the ginning and hulling ribs having an entrance at the top of the intervening... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4433455 | Cleaning waste from beneath machinery Apparatus for removing waste from below machinery, for example a carding engine (1), a receiving member (3) covers the area beneath the machinery and suction means (5) extends across the full width of the receiving member at one end thereof. Guide means (... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4433456 | Closure device particularly for ski boots The closure device comprises a box-like body associated with one of the ski boot flaps to be brought together and provided with a knob for actuating a spool whereon at least one small cable associated with the other of the flaps to be brought together is ... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4433457 | Buckle, notably for ski boots This fastener for closing two opposed closure flaps of a sports footwear, notably a ski boot, comprises on a first flap of the footwear a coupling member adapted to interconnect these flaps, means for anchoring one end of the coupling member to a catch me... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4433458 | Quick-fastener for roller skates A fastener for roller skates, which can be manipulated quickly and simply by young children while providing a secure attachment of a skate to a user's foot, comprises a band with transverse teeth which is fixed to the skate, and a spring pawl engageable w... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4433459 | High strength push type fastener The push fastener of this invention includes a plastic receptacle held by a metal member to a workpiece, the receptacle having four leaf springs for improved alignment and load carrying ability. Two inclined inner surfaces are provided on the receptacle, ... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4433460 | Apparatus for spreading and guiding a web of textile fabric Apparatus for spreading and guiding a web of textile fabric or the like being longitudinally fed, comprising a pair of web spreading and guiding devices disposed at opposite sides of the web, each device comprising a pair of rotary members rotatably suppo... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4433461 | Method of manufacturing an acoustic spherical lens An acoustic spherical lens where in a hemispherical hole is formed from a bubble which appears owing to the expansion of residual gases in a lens material employing silica, and the hemispherical hole is used as a lens surface.... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4433462 | Apparatus for manipulating snap rings These tools efficiently and rapidly remove a snap ring and clips by initially applying a torque thereto along the length of the flat portion of the clip or along the annular length of the ring. When such rings and clips are thus stressed to a limited degr... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4433463 | Multipurpose prying tool A flat strip of metal formed as an expandible wedge having an inside triangular space bounded by jaws that correspond to the beveled sides of the wedge and a rear portion that corresponds to the thick end of the wedge opposite from its apex. The apex ends... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4433464 | Apparatus for reclaiming nailed boards from a board road An apparatus for salvaging nailed boards employed in the building of temporary board roads over marsh land. The boards have nails extending from one side thereof which must be bent flush and the boards stacked in bundles for reuse in laying a new board ro... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4433465 | Process for manufacturing universal joint A process for manufacturing a universal joint which involves punching a blank out of a metal sheet material, the blank having a hub member portion, edge member portions on the opposite ends of the hub member portion, and a pair of prong portions projectin... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4433466 | Apparatus for making and using slot closure wedges at a coil injection station Apparatus includes means that both advance wedge material stock and also substantially permanently form the stock material to precise dimensional tolerances; means by which the formed material is retained in the formed configuration thereof; wedge severin... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4433467 | Gate shears, saw and milling tool on common carriage A cutting machine for cutting sheet metal plates and the like includes a support table for the material to be cut. A shears frame mounts a movable shears blade and the frame is movable back and forth along one edge of the support table. In addition to the... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4433468 | Method for making semiconductor device having improved thermal stress characteristics A semiconductor device has a first semiconductor layer with a main surface and a second semiconductor layer forming a PN junction with the first semiconductor layer, the PN junction reaching the main surface. An insulating layer is formed on the main surf... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4433469 | Method of forming a self aligned aluminum polycrystalline silicon line An improved self-aligned conductive gate member formed by suppressing or decreasing the size of the as-deposited grains of polysilicon and by suppressing further grain growth which may occur during a subsequent annealing or processing step. By maintaining... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4433470 | Method for manufacturing semiconductor device utilizing selective etching and diffusion A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device wherein grooves are formed between vertical type-npn transistors and insulating oxide layers are formed on the bottoms of the grooves, thereby preventing parasitic p-n junctions, which is characterized in t... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4433471 | Method for the formation of high density memory cells using ion implantation techniques A semiconductor structure is fabricated using a process involving all ion implantation and using only five masks prior to metallization. A buried contact mask is used to form a buried contact layer (114), an isolation mask is used to form grooves (130a, 1... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4433472 | Method for manufacturing a dynamoelectric machine A method for manufacturing a dynamoelectric machine comprises the steps of manufacturing a magnetic frame of polygonal cross section by welding together at their respective ends a plurality of sides, some of which may include projections so that a require... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4433473 | Process for manufacturing a flywheel magneto A method is disclosed for manufacturing a flywheel magneto of the radial magnetic flux type for motor bicycles, motor scooters and the like, which comprises the steps of forming a sub-assembly comprised of a ring, the magnets, the pole shoes by scotching ... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4433474 | Amorphous magnetic core and process for manufacturing to improve efficiency A magnetic core with reduced losses is provided along with a related improvement in the process for fabricating magnetic cores for electromagnetic devices from strips of amorphous magnetic alloys. Magnetic powder, or magnetic powder mixed with a suitable ... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4433475 | Coil insertion apparatus An improved coil insertion apparatus for inserting coils, for example, into stator cores of electrical rotary machines, in which blades and a coil pusher of the apparatus are arranged to be movable at optimum timing and speed suitable for various winding ... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4433476 | Pin insertion tool Press element insertion apparatus (86) is a press-like apparatus used to insert pins (82) or sockets (82) into a cable connector (84). Clamp (104) is adapted to securely hold a pin (82) or socket (82) with a conductor attached for insertion into a cable c... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4433477 | Keying block extracting tool An extracting tool (14 ) for extracting a keying block (12) having keying pins (13) extending outwardly therefrom from the terminal pins (11) of a backplane (10) of an interconnection system. A keying pin seizing mechanism is retained on a mounting card (... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4433478 | Method of and apparatus for attaching bottom stops to a slide fastener chain A method of attaching bottom stops of a generally H-shaped cross section to a slide fastener chain. One of successive spaced pairs of opposed blank tape portions of the fastener chain is spread apart. A bottom stop, which has two pairs of gripping legs, i... | 02/28/1984 |
