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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4475247 | Combination gun case and protective apparel The invention is directed to an improved gun case which includes a bullet resistant material, integrally formed as part of the gun case or as an insert within the gun case, so that the gun case may be converted into a lightweight shield or a personal body... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4475248 | Explosive ordinance disposal helmet A ballistic helmet for use by bomb disposal personnel which includes a covering of soft ballistic nylon over a rigid polycarbonate shell. The shell is lined with semi-shock attenuating foam and is designed to cover the entire head. A transparent visor in ... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4475249 | Air cleaning magnetic attachment for a welder's face mask A section of flexible magnetic sheet material is bonded to the inner surface of a welder's face mask in that area below and on either side of an eye protective lens covered opening of a welder's face mask.... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4475250 | Disposable bib A disposable bib includes a body of flexible sheet material having a neck opening formed therein and a pair of tear away tie strips. The sheet material includes a waterproof layer on one side thereof constructed of a thermoplastic resin, and an absorbent ... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4475251 | Wearable purse A garment capable of being folded and converted to a purse. The garment contains pockets of various sizes and shapes designed specifically to carry items usually carried in a purse. The pockets are on the outside and in the lining portion of the garment a... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4475252 | Garment having adjustable sleeve means A jacket is provided having adjustable sleeves which may be worn with the sleeves below the elbow, such as down to the wrist or with the sleeves rolled up to the shoulder to suit the wearer. A loop is provided on the interior of each sleeve which cooperat... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4475253 | Garment with a convertible cuff A garment including a pants leg having a convertible cuff at the end of the leg, the convertible cuff including bottom and top pieces of cloth material sewn together at their sides along two seams, the bottom piece having a folded-over heel portion with t... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4475254 | Visor attachment for helmet shield A visor attachment for a helmet shield includes a flexible polymer visor shaped to be attached to one edge portion of a helmet shield. The visor has a visor bill portion and a support portion. The support portion has an arcuate support portion shaped to f... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4475255 | Pipe flushing device The improved pipe flushing device comprises an elongated, elastomeric, hollow tubular member having a middle portion free to expand radially under water pressure. The rear inlet end of the tubular member is fitted with a hose connector, while the narrow f... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4475256 | Shower transfer bench A shower bench apparatus includes a positively engagable non-tipping chair and an easily operable clamping mechanism for attaching the apparatus to the side of a bathtub. The seat of the chair includes a pair of front hook-like brackets for engaging a fir... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4475257 | Wave motion absorber for water bed mattresses A free floating wave motion absorber confined within a water bed mattress for firm body support with omni-directional rate control over motion, so that disturbing movements are substantially reduced and virtually eliminated, by a multiplicity of circulati... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4475258 | Process and tooling for production of open top shoes with resin moulded bottom, and shoes manufactured in that manner The invention relates to a process and tooling for producing a shoe of open top form having for example two parts of an upper (secured together by means of a buckle or other arrangement) are anchored by pegs within one part of a mould defining the bearing... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4475259 | Ultrasonic cleaning apparatus The disclosure relates to a compact apparatus which effectively washes holes of printed circuit cards, flushes exfoliation off printed circuit cards and nameplates after etching, degreases and flushes number-plates before painting, and cleans iron, plasti... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4475260 | Pipeline servicing tool A liquid operated motor assembly has an exterior housing arranged to be driven rotatably by fluid pressure. The exterior housing has a cutter at its leading end which is dimensioned and arranged to clear a path through a pipe at least as large in cross se... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4475261 | Hairbrush The invention relates to an improved hairbrush of the type in which a plurality of bristles are implanted into each bristle implantation hole formed on an implantation surface. Each implantation hole is divided into a plurality of compartments, bristles a... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4475262 | Push type curling broom The invention relates to the game of curling, which is played on an ice surface, and more particularly to a curling broom of the push-type having a handle joined to the sweeping head by means of a swivelling joint, whereby the handle automatically adjusts... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4475263 | Windshield wiper system A windshield wiper system having a wiper blade movable across the windshield through a wiping arc and through a parking arc to a depressed park position below the lower edge of the windshield, a pair of guide links on the body movable between extended and... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4475264 | Dual inlet muffler assembly for truck hot water vacuum extraction machine An elongated hollow plastic body mounts a first plastic exhaust pipe of L-shaped configuration which passes completely through the body. Its inlet end is connected to the positive air pressure discharge of one vacuum pump connected to a closed dirty water... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4475265 | Shoe attachment for wet/dry electric vacuum cleaner An integral, one piece shoe attachment for detachable insertion in the intake orifice of an electric vacuum cleaner. The bottom surface of the shoe attachment has rounded projections which raise the shoe attachment bottom surface slightly off the surface ... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4475266 | Non-handed two knuckle hinge A non-handed two knuckle hinge comprises a pair of axially aligned hinge knuckles formed respectively on adjacent edges of two hinge leaves, and a pintle extending through the bore of one hinge knuckle into the bore of the second hinge knuckle. The pintle... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4475267 | Shock absorbing bracket for a fallfront cabinet A shock absorbing fallfront bracket of the type having rigid hinged-together links diagonally supporting the fallfront panel in its open position and folding into the cabinet in closed position, and also including a third spring loaded link extending from... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4475268 | Closure hinge improvements This invention is directed toward improvements in closure hinges of the type employing curved hinge sections which rotatably interconnect. A rigid link is employed at the ends of the hinge to help retain the hinge sections interconnected. Existing hinge e... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4475269 | Suction duct for textile machines A suction duct for textile machines such as bale-openers which is provided for receiving fibers removed from a bale through a flexible tube. The flexible tube 30 is moved with a carriage 21 over a row of bales when removing fibers therefrom. The fibers pa... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4475270 | Control device for opening fiber bales This disclosure relates to a control device for opening fiber bales arranged in a row including a carriage movable along a horizontal rail and carrying a slide which is vertically reciprocal with the slide carrying grabbing fingers which can both grab and... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4475271 | Process and apparatus for producing uniform fibrous web at high rate of speed A method and apparatus is disclosed for producing high quality fibrous webs at high rates of speed. Fibers are fed to a rotating lickerin for opening, then to a rotating card cylinder for individualizing, and are then doffed into an air stream from which ... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4475272 | Sliver forming condenser A cylindrical condenser screen is mounted to rotate adjacent a fiber supply, and around a pair of vacuum plenums, one of which has a generally rectangularly shaped slot extending axially of the screen adjacent its inside surface. A low suction in said slo... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4475273 | Button A button comprises, in combination, (A) a button head consisting of a front piece which forms an ornamental outer surface and a back piece which has a peripheral part joined to the periphery of the front piece and a middle part which projects downwardly f... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4475274 | Method of making and installing a pouring fitment A generally annular pouring fitment is forced into a closure, thereby deforming a lip of the fitment elastically and inelastically. The closure is then releasably secured to a container causing the fitment to permanently interlock with the container. When... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4475275 | Method of producing a filled calender roll A method for producing a filled calender roll comprising a load carrying shaft portion and having thereon a cover portion made of paper or cloth or the like. The cover portion is made by subjecting a great number of annular fiber material sheets fitted on... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4475276 | Snap ring removal tool A snap ring removal tool is adapted for removing a split snap ring from a cylindrical shaft. The tool has a receptacle at the end of a handle for holding the shaft lengthwise and ring-engaging means connected to the handle for engaging the snap ring at po... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4475277 | Method of making hose construction A method of making a hose construction wherein the hose construction comprises a hose having a hose end and a hose clamp assembly fastened to opposite sides of a first arcuate length of the hose end with a second arcuate length of the hose end defining th... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4475278 | Method of assembling a mechanical press having a drop in drive assembly The present invention relates to a mechanical press, and in particular to such a press having a crown portion with an open top thereby permitting the crankshaft and connection arm assembly to be lowered therein in a preassembled state. Next, a cover plate... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4475279 | Method of making a monolithic integrated circuit comprising at least one pair of complementary field-effect transistors and at least one bipolar transistor A method for producing a monolithic integrated circuit having at least a pair of complementary field effect transistors and at least one bipolar transistor is described. A stripe of a relatively thin oxide layer formed during the gate oxide process for th... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4475280 | Method of making an integrated circuit incorporating low voltage and high voltage semiconductor devices An integrated circuit incorporating high voltage semiconductor devices which are controlled by low voltage semiconductor devices is disclosed, including a method for making the same. The low voltage devices which are capable of realizing complex logic fun... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4475281 | Transducer head positioning adapter for fixed head flexible disk drives A transducer-carriage assembly is shown which includes an intermediate adapter that enables the subassembly to be fabricated in a manner that eliminates the effect of tolerances in the component parts, prior to incorporation into the final assembly, with ... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4475282 | Method of constructing an improved electrochemical cell An electrochemical cell construction features a novel co-extruded plastic electrode in an interleaved construction with a novel integral separator-spacer. Also featured is a leak and impact resistant construction for preventing the spill of corrosive mate... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4475283 | Combination fuse puller and fuse condition indicator A fuse puller device comprises a pair of spaced confronting body portions respectively having confronting lower fuse-gripping jaw sections each formed by a wall terminating in a horizontally inwardly facing lip-forming projection adapted to underlie the o... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4475284 | Contact pin assembly tool A pronged electrical contact is inserted into a circuit board by a tool with a cavity that is partially defined by upwardly converging inner surfaces shaped to mate with upwardly converging outer surfaces of the prongs.... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4475285 | Electric shaver having improved hair disposal system An electric shaver has a housing which contains a motor. An inner blade support is mounted for rotation on the motor at one end of the housing, and an outer blade on the housing covers the inner blade support. Inner blades on the inner blade support revol... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4475286 | Safety razor A safety razor having a pivotable head and a holder holding the head, wherein elastic members are interposed therebetween, one of the members is a bridge provided on the undersurface of the head and can be bent along the direction of the axis of the holde... | 10/09/1984 |
