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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4483019 | Dry diving suit with wraparound double knee portion and method of making the same A dry diving suit has a protective piece which extends completely around each leg, the underlying material of the leg and the protective piece being united longitudinally only at the inseam. A two-layer leg is thus provided with but one longitudinal seam.... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4483020 | Projectile proof vest A vest having projectile-stopping capabilities, including a network of inner shock-resistant plates lying under a layer of ballistic material to minimize the force imparted by a slowing projectile upon a wearer of the vest.... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4483021 | Thermo-electric cooled motorcycle helmet A motorcycle helmet defines a cavity in a hard fiber shell. A thermo-electric heat pump is mounted in the cavity, and a light metal rediator is bonded to both shell and pump. One way conductors energize the heat pump from a motorcycle battery source to pu... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4483022 | Baseball glove Meshwork patterns are impressed upon the whole or a portion of a back leather member of a baseball glove to stiffen the leather and mesh-like apertures are formed in the stiffened leather to provide it with air-permeability.... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4483023 | High-strength ligament prosthesis A high-strength ligament prosthesis having biological acceptability, flexibility, porosity and resistance to prolonged stress in excess of 100 Kg with little change in modulus, and less than 20% ultimate elongation is provided. These characteristics make ... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4483024 | Variable flush water closet An overflow pipe in a water closet supports a valve arm which carries a valve for opening and closing an outlet in the bottom of the tank. A first float is connected to the outer end of the valve arm to maintain the valve in an open position until the wat... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4483025 | Snap-on gutter cover for swimming pools A snap-on swimming pool gutter cover is formed of a generally planar major portion including a rear edge and an inverted, channel-shaped, front, female portion which snaps down onto a correspondingly shaped male portion of the gutter lip. The rear edge is... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4483026 | Crib A collapsible crib has a framework substantially in the form of a rectangular parallelepiped including front and rear upper and lower rods which are foldable at their substantially central portions. Connecting bars which cross each other in a crisscross r... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4483027 | Foldable bunk bed assembly A foldable bunk bed assembly is disclosed including an upper and lower bed assembly that can be opened independently. The upper bed assembly includes a leg assembly which includes at least one rung to facilitate climbing into the upper bed assembly. Also ... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4483028 | Baby safety barrier A baby safety barrier has an upright panel, a platform panel and one or more hinges connecting the panels along adjacent edges thereof, the hinges having leaves mounted to rotate between a position at which they are substantially parallel to and overlying... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4483029 | Fluidized supporting apparatus A fluidized patient support structure in which a mass of granular material is received within an open top container between a fluid diffuser plate and a flexible sheet on which the patient may lie in a supine position. Pressurized fluid passes through the... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4483030 | Air pad An inflatable air pad, or fluid impervious pad, is provided having three layers, the top and bottom being joined together to form an enclosed envelope with a middle layer interposed between defining an upper and lower chamber. Fluid is allowed to flow fro... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4483031 | Ventilating inner cover for beehives A ventilating inner cover, for a beehive wintering outdoors, is disclosed. The inner cover provides adequate, but not excessive ventilation while preventing a draft through the beehive. The inner cover embodies a ventilation channel that connects the top-... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4483032 | Process for treating textile material in jet dyeing machines Inventive considerations have shown that the use of shorter liquid ratios can be realized in the course of wet-treating textile ropes in jet dyeing machines if the textile goods are driven by means of a non-inert gas stream and the dyestuff or product for... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4483033 | Service device for the interior viewing surface of a simulator dome The specification describes a device that admits of performing a variety of servicing, inspection and maintenance functions on the viewing surface of a simulator dome. The structural arrangement of such device includes a circular track supported by the ba... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4483034 | Apparatus for absorbing liquid from a surface An apparatus for absorbing liquid such as water from a surface such as the ground comprises a compressible, absorbant body. According to the invention the absorbant body comprises a plurality of circular discs of absorbant material, each pair of adjacent ... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4483035 | Wet mop holder Mop holder includes a main frame portion having a loading bar cantilevered at one end to the main frame portion and a hinged side gate at the other end which can be lifted up to permit a mop swab to be slid on or off the loading bar at such other end. A c... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4483036 | Artist's painting aid An artist's brush helpful in painting leafy vegetation such as trees, bushes, and the like, having a plurality of tiered layers of bristles, each of said layers containing bristles of various lengths arranged within said tiered row to form a plurality of ... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4483037 | Blind cleaning device A blind cleaning device having a handle and a plurality of spaced fingers extending from the handle. Blind cleaning elements are provided on the fingers and the slats of the blind are insertible between the elements. The fingers are moved in unison from t... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4483038 | Motorized chimney cleaning apparatus An apparatus including a powered brush for the periodic cleaning of a chimney or other smoke conduit. A reversible electric motor drives a brush carrying threaded shaft centrally disposed along a length of chimney conduit. Trigger means includes a toggle ... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4483039 | Shoe support apparatus A shoe support apparatus, particularly for supporting a shoe for cleaning and shining, in the form of a base plate that is designed for temporary mounting to a conventional door and that has an outwardly extending shoe support means which comprises a heel... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4483040 | In-line mask cleaning system A system for cleaning material from a surface of an object, such as an MLC mask, having movable support member having extended along its length a line of liquid dispensing nozzles and a line of gas dispensing ports for respectively cleaning and drying the... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4483041 | Support for a squeegee assembly An improved support (48) for mounting a crescent shaped squeegee assembly (46) on the body (18) of a self propelled walk behind floor scrubbing machine (10) of the type which deposits cleaning fluid on a hard surfaced floor, scrubs the floor, and then squ... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4483042 | Locking device for trailing wheels of a wheeled carriage A locking device for locking the trailing wheels of a wheeled carriage, particularly of a perambulator, in the straight running position, the trailing wheels being mounted for pivotal movement about an upright axis extending perpendicular to their axis of... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4483043 | Automatic door closer An automatic door closer has an elongated fluid-filled housing having a closed end and an opposite open end, a plug closing the open end of the housing, a first piston reciprocatably arranged in the housing and dividing the latter into a first pressure sp... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4483044 | Pneumatic door closer having resilient braking sleeve and cooperating piston rod incremental braking enlargements Door speed is controlled by a pneumatic dashpot including a spring-loaded piston having a piston rod which extends through an elastomeric silicone rubber braking sleeve which is longitudinally compressed as the door opens to increase the friction between ... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4483045 | Self-cleaning, self-centering door track having an _integral mount A door track adapted for carrying a trolley supporting a door for rolling movement. The door track includes one or more single-piece track members having a first substantially planar surface and a pair of substantially identical spaced apart portions exte... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4483046 | Crab meat processing machine A machine to form lump-type crab meat from smaller particles of cooked crabmeat by extruding the same under pressure from a cylinder having a discharge nozzle adjoining a die plate having one or more contoured cavities in a flat face thereof and movable p... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4483047 | Product sorter utilizing a constant percentile weight distribution The birds to be processed in a poultry processing plant are individually weighed and subsequently sorted into respective weight categories of either over or under a calculated reference weight which varies with the weights of a number of the lastweighed b... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4483048 | Fish skinning tool A combination fish skin cutting and grasping tool which has a cutting edge formed in one piece and integral with one of the jaws thereof and furthermore has a projection thereon for limiting the depth of the cutting so as to prevent damage to the meat of ... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4483049 | Theft-deterrent device The invention relates to a theft deterrent device which can be lockably fastened to an article (4) made of cloth, leather, skin or like material, in a manner such that it can only be removed from the article with the aid of special means intended therefor... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4483050 | Spring-ring closures for necklace-collars bracelets and others A closure for necklace, bracelet or the like comprising a spring-ring with a gapped annular or similar form and a sliding catch therein actuated by a spring contained therein, the closure having a lug with two approximately parallel generally flat laminar... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4483051 | Method of making bullet for a firearm A munition or round for a firearm comprises a shell casing of synthetic resin material formed internally with a plurality of axially spaced annular ribs which snap into corresponding grooves in the shank of the bullet. The bullet shank is also formed with... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4483052 | Machine tool attachment A machine tool attachment which provides for material handling, positioning, and clamping during machining and also eliminates the need for custom tool fixtures is described. The machine tool attachment mechanically advances material to be machined throug... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4483053 | Method of making an ink roller There is disclosed an ink roller and method of making same. The ink roller includes a tube having a plurality of holes. A porous ink-receptive sleeve is received about the tube. The end portions of the tube are coupled to bearing rolls and the bearing rol... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4483054 | Method for making a drum rotor A one-piece cylindrical drum of a drum rotor has a plurality of enlarged, axially spaced-apart, annular rim portions through which axial blade root slots are machined. The slots are curved along their length about an axis located radially outwardly of the... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4483055 | Secondary working apparatus A secondary working apparatus for secondarily machining a blank formed with internal serrations on a cylindrical plane, comprising a stationary housing structure, support means for supporting the blank with the center axis of the cylindrical plane fixed w... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4483056 | Tool for closing pipe couplings The invention relates to a tool for closing pipe couplings between metal pipes (4, 5), the end of one pipe (4) being closingly engageable in a widened terminal part (6) of the other pipe (5), a sleeve ring (7) being pressed axially on to the widened part ... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4483057 | Stuffing box removal apparatus An apparatus for removing the stuffing box in a down hole mud pump, which includes a substantially elongated mounting frame having at least a pair of retainer rings in spaced relation from and coaxially mounted in relation to a threaded collar member, wit... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4483058 | Impact hammer elbow tool A simplified, impulse-type pulling and installing tool for appliances such as electrical connector elbows is provided which in use generates a sharp impact force to facilitate quick, safe elbow manipulation even under electrical load, thereby reducing the... | 11/20/1984 |
