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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4443891 | Bicycle helmet This invention relates to a helmet for cyclists, skateboard runners and roller skaters. It comprises a shell of flexible and hard plate-shaped material and a damping means attached inside the shell. The shell in its plane has the form of an I, with extend... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4443892 | Helmet or hat and support means The present invention pertains to the combination of a hat, a hat band and support structure intermediate said hat and hat band.... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4443893 | Goggles for ski use Ski goggles are composed of goggle frame, goggle lens and rubber band. Vent holes are formed, respectively, in the top peripheral wall portion and the bottom peripheral wall portion of the goggle frame. A permeable coating material is engaged to cover the... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4443894 | Heart valve with dog-leg pivot A heart valve having a pair of leaflets which are guided between their open and closed positions by guides extending outward and received in dog-leg shaped depressions. The depressions each have a downstream section, which angles outward from a centerline... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4443895 | Low-pressure fixation of valvular tissue intended for implantation A method of obtaining fixation of an animal aortic valve intended for implantation, including subjecting the aortic valve to a tanning fluid at a differential pressure across the valve leaflets in a direction to urge the valve leaflets closed and with the... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4443896 | Sterilized urine specimen container A urine specimen collecting unit including a cup and a separate lid selectivey sealed to the cup. The cup is of a generally conical configuration tapering from a closed base to a larger diameter open upper end. The lid includes a central depression receiv... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4443897 | Anti-clog sink device An anti-clog sink device is provided which comprises a cylindrical support piece, a screen, an elastic retainer, a detent, and a handle. The cylindrical support piece is open at one end and has teeth attached, which are located in a plane perpendicular to... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4443898 | Automatic toilet flushing device YAn improved automatic flushing device for valve actuated toilets that is capable of being housed inside the toilet's water tank, out of the user's sight. The conventional water supply valve system is not altered and the flush valve assembly is actuated t... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4443899 | Vacuum cleaning system for a therapeutic tub A vacuum cleaning system for a therapeutic tub that utilizes an aerating intake for jet nozzles located around the tub. A vacuum hose is connected to the air intake so that its capacity to draw in air is utilized to draw in spa water and expell it at the ... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4443900 | Hydrotherapy tank A hydrotherapeutic massage structure comprising a large volume, upwardly opening water-filled container with at least one substantially vertical side, a small volume, elongate, vertically extending upwardly opening water-filled tank with substantially ver... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4443901 | Convertible seating furniture A unit of furniture readily convertible from a settee to a sleeper has a base member on which a seating member is normally disposed in overlying disposition and hingedly attached thereto by upholstery covering along a common edge thereof. The seating memb... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4443902 | Invalid walker and transfer device A motorized invalid walker and transfer device having an armpit lift lever. The lift arms are pivoted to a front stationary crossbar above a wheeled chassis, and the arms are actuated by a motorized-gear reduction device, the output of the shaft of which ... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4443903 | Composite upholstered furniture or mattress assembly with flame retardant-smolder resistant textile backcoated fabric layer The invention provides a process for rendering textiles or barrier fabric material flame retardant and smolder resistant with a flame retardant and smolder resistant composition comprised of an aminophosponate ester in combination with a thermosetting, ni... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4443904 | Bee hive A bee hive assembly comprising one or more hive elements supported as a stack on a base element and covered by a roof element. Each hive element comprises a frame having at each of two opposite sides a window-like frame opening covered by a transparent pa... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4443905 | Loading ramp At least two plates hinged along a confronting pair of edges by hinge members having depending feet which hold the two plates slightly elevated along the hinge and allow the plates to assume relative positions which subtend whatever appropriate angle is n... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4443906 | Machine for floor maintenance A machine for floor maintenance comprising an electric motor in which armature coils are included in a stator and pemanent magnets are included in a rotor. The armature coils are disposed substantially radial to the axis of the stator with the axial exten... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4443907 | Combination windshield wiper clips A windshield wiper clip for the selective detachable attachment of a windshield wiper assembly to at least two wiper arms of the hooked end type having arm ends of different transverse widths. The clip body is shaped to fit within the hooked end of a firs... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4443908 | Sewer cleaning vehicle A sewer cleaning vehicle has a swilling or clean water tank for supplying a sewer cleaning hose having a sewer cleaning nozzle and designed to be lowered into a sewer to be cleaned, a waste tank and a pumping connection joining the waste tank with the swi... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4443909 | Carpet cleaning system An apparatus for cleaning a carpet which includes two reservoirs mounted on a frame over the rear wheels of a truck to store a supply of cleaning fluid which is heated in a heat exchanger is disclosed. The reservoirs reduce the sloshing of fluid when the ... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4443910 | Above-the-floor adaptor for upright vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner for selective conversion between on-the-floor and above-the-floor cleaning. The basic upright vacuum cleaner includes a joint with a through passageway connecting the handle to the floor nozzle and through which the suction air passes. Th... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4443911 | Device for interconnecting panels An adjustable structure comprises two panels 24 carrying at adjacent edges respective members 11, 13, each having ribs 14 and grooves inter-engaging with one another after the fashion of gear teeth so that the members 11, 13, can roll relative to one anot... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4443912 | Method and apparatus for removing solid particles from a pasty mass An apparatus for removing solid particles from a pasty mass, in particular for removing bone particles from a mass of meat particles, in which the mass is advanced through at least one slit-shaped channel defined between two walls spaced apart in parallel... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4443913 | Creel The invention provides a creel for feeding slivers (21) of fibers to a processing machine (10), comprising a bank of feed stations (13c) to (13i) and two reserve feed stations (13a) (13b). Upon disruption at any feed station in the bank, a reserve feed st... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4443914 | Device for tightening a rope, preferably an electric wire In connection with a device for tightening a rope, preferably an electric wire, it is suggested to use a base member (101) adapted to be attached to the support along which the wire (117) is to be stretched, resilient means (104a, 104b) which are carried ... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4443915 | Cord locking device for a sun-blind or the like A locking device for cords of a sun-blind or the like having an upper beam and one or more webs of sun-blinding material connected thereto. The cords extend through the internal space of the upper beam and leave it for opening or closing the sun-blind. Th... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4443916 | Latching devices The latching device includes a tongue unit engageable with a clasping unit having a pair of divergable leaf members. The leaf members are held in superposed relationship by a clip member that extends from one leaf member to the other. An elastomeric or sp... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4443917 | Plastic snap-hook A plastic snap-hook for hooking belts to rings secured to articles of various kind comprises two sections only; one base section, shaped as a strip folded at one end thereof on itself in the form of a hook and folded at the other end on itself as a flexib... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4443918 | Process of producing grids for a battery This invention relates to a process of producing plate grids for a lead acid storage battery. The process of the invention comprises the step of striking hard particles against surfaces of grid material to form roughness on the surfaces of the plate grids... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4443919 | Methods for setting stones and tools for performing such methods Tools for setting precious and semi-precious stones in metal, and methods for using such tools to set such stones quickly and to accomplish such setting in the absence of chisel marks in the finished products. A first tool includes a disc-shaped rotating ... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4443920 | Method of manufacturing a gate valve body There are disclosed two embodiments of a gate valve having a forged body in which a generally rectangular cavity to receive the gate for opening and closing each flowway through the body is formed by drilling a first hole within the forging from which the... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4443921 | Method for the manufacture of heat exchangers with curved elements A method for the manufacture of heat exchangers where tubes of rectangular section are assembled with dissipators for forming a plane core which is curved by applying a bending force on the small sides of the tubes, thereby making cores. These cores are a... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4443922 | Extracting tool A tool for extracting an object from an assembled arrangement, for example, a low and reverse gear clutch housing from a planetary gear arrangement. The tool is made of an outer cylindical hollow member and an inner cylindrical hollow member telescopingly... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4443923 | Method of and apparatus for manufacturing a continuous slide fastener stringer chain with element-free space portions A method of and apparatus for manufacturing a continuous slide fastener stringer chain including space portions devoid of coupling elements at longitudinal intervals. A pair of continuous stringer tapes is continuously fed, in synchronism with sewing mach... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4443924 | Method of and apparatus for detecting ends of successive fly strips connected by a slide fastener chain A method of and apparatus for detecting ends of successive fly strips connected end to end by a slide fastener chain. The successive fly strips, with their first flaps superimposed on a tape of one fastener stringer and with their second flaps superimpose... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4443925 | Method of separating parts of a plastic bottle In preparation for reclaiming and recycling the material of construction of a plastic bottle, the friction-fitting base, if any, and bottle cap can be separated from the bottle body by cutting through the cap and base. The cap and base are cut in a plane ... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4443926 | Method of assembling shock absorbers A method of assembly of a shock absorber is disclosed. A cell, formed of plys of polymeric material impervious to hydraulic fluid and a high molecular gas, while pervious to air and water vapor, is wrapped about the inner tubular container, secured theret... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4443927 | Sucker rod machining system A machining system for oil well sucker rods wherein the rod end to be machined is held in a non-rotating fixture rigidly without release throughout rough machining, finish machining and roll threading operations including a conveyor system for transportin... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4443928 | Multiple-spindle tool changer Apparatus for simultaneously changing all of the tools in a multiple spindle machining center is provided with a number of tool carrying devices, each device corresponding to a different one of the spindles. Each tool carrying device is capable of selecti... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4443929 | Machining center A machining center of the type incorporating a spindle for driving tools wherein the spindle is movable rectilinearly along the axis of the spindle for engaging tool holders to move tool holders, and tools secured thereto, into an operative position where... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4443930 | Manufacturing method of silicide gates and interconnects for integrated circuits A method of forming on a substrate a layer of silicon-rich metal silicide such as tungsten silicide, WSix where x>2 by cosputtering a tungsten disilicide (WSi2) target and a doped silicon target on to the substrate which is maintaine... | 04/24/1984 |
