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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4464795 | Easy access underwater diving suit An easy access underwater diving suit in which the torso portion of the suit is longer than a diver's torso height and that has a diagonal zippered opening in the upper front portion from shoulder to opposite hip to provide a maximum, easy access opening.... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4464796 | Glove formed of rubber or plastics material and mold for fabricating the same A glove formed of rubber or plastics material, especially an examination or surgical glove devoid of a roll-down preventing beaded edge and containing a structured surface at the cuff region. The structured surface is formed at the outer side or surface o... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4464797 | Surgical headgear Surgical headgear, cap or other head covering having a strip of shape-retaining pliable material attached thereto and re-positionable for use to retain a pair of eyeglasses in position on the face of a wearer; and a perspiration absorptive element carried... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4464798 | Garment having concealed pouch A garment pouch for retaining and concealing small personal valuables. One or more concealed hemline pockets are provided in a pouch formed upon an undergarment skirt, blouse or slip. The pockets are in-line with each other and are disposed above the hem ... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4464799 | Device to secure a throatband on helmets and similar headgear The device (FIG. 2) comprises a plaque (14), which presents at its ends, on the one side, a hook (18) and, on the other side, an aperture (12) in which is placed the throatband (C). The end, shaped as a hook (18), of the plaque is engaged with a cross piece ... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4464800 | Attachment device for mounting face-protective shields on headgear In an attachment device for use in pairs to mount a face-protective shield, such as a welding helmet, for lifting and lowering pivotal movement on a headgear, the provision of two separate pieces adapted for interfitted engagement relative to each other a... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4464801 | Swimming pool cover with adjustable side gores A novel swimming pool cover apparatus and method which utilizes adjustable side gores to eliminate undue tension in the swimming pool cover material. The apparatus includes a flexible, generally rectangular swimming pool cover sheet having beaded side edg... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4464802 | Structural foam swimming pool wall and brace and method of erecting same The specification discloses a pool wall assembly including first and second pool wall panels and a brace supporting the panels. Structure is included for securing the brace to only the first panel so that the first panel and brace may be aligned together ... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4464803 | Tension arch structure A structural system for use in bridges, buildings and other structures. The system supports part of its load by tension action and part of its load by arch action. Cables are stretched and anchored between end supports. Lateral compressive elements are pl... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4464804 | Handheld sweeper A handheld sweeper with a rotary brush and compartments for collecting debris has a rear door pivotally mounted to close a rear opening of the compartment. A front button operates a plate terminating with a hinge-like web connected to the door to open and... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4464805 | Strip pickling apparatus with straight-through strip travel A metal-strip pickling apparatus has feed means including upstream and downstream bridle-roller pairs for longitudinally displacing the strip under longitudinal tension along a straight transport path from the upstream bridle-roller pair to the downstream... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4464806 | Sewer rod turning machine safety device A sewer rod turning machine safety device for machines which drive sewer cleaning rods. These machines are comprised of a motor driving a transmission which in turn drives a rod coupling drive shaft through a gear box. The motor transmission and gear box ... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4464807 | Floor mop A domestic floor mop comprises an absorbent band mounted on a bracket carried at the end of a handle. A rotary torsion head is engaged with the band and is rotatably mounted in the bracket. A fastener is fixed to each end of the band, and the fasteners ar... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4464808 | Anti-lift device for windshield wipers An anti-lift device for windshield wipers is disclosed having a novel construction. More particularly the anti-lift device comprises a linear series of generally rectangular fin members having a dihedral shape. Each dihedral shaped fin has a lower leading... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4464809 | Cleaning apparatus A cleaning apparatus includes a mop with a rotatable wiper, a pail having a reservoir for cleaning liquid, and a motor-driven wringer mounted upon the pail for receiving and rotating the wiper of the mop at relatively high speed to extract cleaning liquid... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4464810 | Scrubbing machine with liquid recirculation A scrubbing machine is provided in which cleaning solution, usually mostly water, is cleaned and recirculated. The machine includes a frame supported on wheels with at least one scrubbing brush supported by the frame. A squeegee and vacuum hose are locate... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4464811 | Over center strap buckle The invention pertains to an over center strap buckle of the type commonly used in cargo hold-down systems wherein straps connected to the cargo are tensioned to prevent shifting during transport. The buckle includes a handle pivotally mounted upon a U-sh... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4464812 | Socket for structural strand A mechanically connected socket for `on-the-job` connection with structural strand includes a sleeve and an internal wedge shaped member through which the center core of the strand is received and retained while one or more outer layers extend longitudina... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4464813 | Snap hook A snap hook comprising a bi-ended base portion, a blade portion, a re-entrant portion and a latch portion, is disclosed. The blade is integral with a first end of the base, through the re-entrant portion, thereby providing the snap hook with an aperture i... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4464814 | Clamp This invention relates to clamps of the type utilized on aircraft and aircraft power plants that anchor the various tubes associated therewith and are characterized by including a bulbous section in a standardized clamp that serves to relieve the high str... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4464815 | Multidirectional orientation apparatus Apparatus for orienting a mailable film comprising means for pulling the film through at least one pair of multi-directional orientation rollers having helical grooves thereby imparting a random multi-directional orientation to the film.... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4464816 | Sized warp divider for a sizing machine A sized warp divider of a rotary divider disc type is provided with a wash bath containing flow of liquid for partial immersion of the discs for removal of size dregs and fluffs, and an air jet ejector for removal of liquid drops remaining in spaces betwe... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4464817 | Optical waveguide terminating apparatus Optical waveguide terminating apparatus applies a pair of plug members of the type having metal retention sleeves therein to cut and strip the ends of a jacketed optical waveguide cable. Plug members are delivered to a insertion station attached to a meta... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4464818 | Press-fit device of a drive shaft into a differential gear of a front engine-front drive type automotive vehicle A press-fit device of a drive shaft into a differential gear installed in a front engine-front drive type automotive vehicle comprising a first mechanism for press-fitting a drive shaft and a Hooke's joint which are oppositely set to both sides of a diffe... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4464819 | Hinge pin removal apparatus Apparatus for removing an automobile hinge pin by disabling a spring clip and thereafter driving the hinge pin outwardly of the automobile hinge assembly while supporting the hinge assembly against bending forces that would otherwise flex the hinge assemb... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4464820 | Fixed cloth speed inspection machine conversion Manual speed adjusted cloth inspection machines are converted to fixed cloth speed machines by replacing the transmission and variable ratio pulley and belt drive system with a cloth speed responsive tachometer controlling the speed of a motor to drive th... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4464821 | Method of attaching insulation to a mold Novel method and means for securely attaching a liner of insulation boarding to the mold cap of a two-piece ingot mold, in order that the ingot mold will be capable of producing substantially void-free ingots.... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4464822 | Method of assembling vibration-damping, torsionally elastic connectors In torsional vibration dampers and torsionally elastic coupling which comse torque-transmitting spring elements, which are clamped between spacers by an external clamping ring, which is elastically expanded for the installation of the spacers and spring ... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4464823 | Method for eliminating short and latent short circuit current paths in photovoltaic devices Systems and methods for detecting and eliminating latent and existing short circuit current paths through photovoltaic devices of the type including at least one semiconductor region overlying a substrate and a layer of conductive light transmissive mater... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4464824 | Epitaxial contact fabrication process A process for fabricating an electrical contact which connects an epitaxial layer, well, or substrate with a metallic interconnect layer during the course of creating active integrated circuit devices in a semiconductor wafer. The process forms self-align... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4464825 | Process for fabrication of high-speed radiation hard bipolar semiconductor devices A thermal oxide is grown on a semiconductor substrate containing single crystal, dielectrically isolated tubs. A silicon nitride layer, serving as a mask for complete self-alignment of collector contacts, bases and emitters is then deposited. After the si... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4464826 | Method and apparatus for aligning laminations in a stator core A method and apparatus for very accurately aligning a stack of loose laminations in the manufacture of a stator core for an electric motor or other dynamoelectric machine. The stack of loose laminations is supported on a pallet having a very accurately ma... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4464827 | Method of interconnecting cells in batteries An improved method of interconnecting cells in batteries is disclosed, where the cells are connected using lead links which straddle the walls separating the cells in the battery housing. Grooves are provided in the surfaces of the links which are adjacen... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4464828 | Method of assembling a control device A method of assembling a control device. The control device has a housing, a first contact, a switch having a resilient switch blade with a second contact thereon, a pair of supports for the first contact and the switch and including at least one yieldabl... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4464829 | Component lead bending apparatus The leads of an IC module are bent to secure the module to a printed circuit board by a pair of rotatable bending members driven concurrently by a camming member which rotates about an axis normal to the axes of rotation of the bending members. Cam follow... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4464830 | Process for the disassembling of scrap alkaline electric storage batteries A process for the disassembling of scrapped, i.e. worn out, damaged or in some other way unserviceable electrical storage batteries (10), in particular alkaline batteries, which consist of a prismatic cell container with sets of positive and negative plat... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4464831 | Method and device for fabricating insulated joints for railroad tracks A method of fabricating an insulating joint between a pair of end abutting rail sections of a railroad track includes the suspension of a pair of opposed fishplates at the rail joint at spaced distances outwardly of the rail sides, and simultaneously heat... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4464832 | Method of making cartridge connector system An improved electronics containing cartridge and cartridge holder are disclosed. The cartridge is utilized to encase electronic circuitry, such as a bubble memory, which can be selectively added to main equipment via the cartridge holder. The cartridge it... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4464833 | Variable rate control logic for component insertion machine A variable insertion rate control system for a component insertion machine is disclosed. An insertion rate is read and retained by the control system which thereafter authorizes insertion of components at the indicated insertion rate. In order to achieve ... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4464834 | Methods of use of distribution modules for multi-wire group interconnection in telephone or like multi-wire distribution systems Multi-wire group splicing in multi-wire telephone or like distribution systems, utilizing an at least three-sided distribution module (DM), the distribution module (DM) comprising an array of bridging slots (128, 130, 132, 134) in each of its sides (120, ... | 08/14/1984 |
