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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4490855 | Knee pad A knee pad comprising an upper pad which may be secured on the leg at a point above the knee and a lower pad which may be secured on the leg at a point below the knee. A cover holds portions of the two pads in overlapping relation at the front of the knee... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4490856 | Swim suit construction A double triangle type swim suit having an elastic crotch portion to provide improved fit and appearance by preventing curling of the edges in the crotch area.... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4490857 | Band earplug An ear noise protector apparatus is described, which provides a high level of noise protection, can be worn comfortably, and is economical to use. The apparatus includes a resilient head band with ear protector holders at either end, and a pair of ear pro... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4490858 | Garment with a pocket for a purse or wallet Garment pockets can be closed by buttons or zip fasteners but because many people neglect to do so, there is a need for garments with pockets which prevent pickpocketing without using the traditional closures. This goal has been achieved by having a point... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4490859 | Artificial heart valves A bioprosthetic mitral valve replacement comprises a flexible frame (1) having a ring-shaped base (2) and at least a pair of upstanding posts (3), which divide the base into at least two portions (2A, 2B) of varying flexibility, together with animal tissu... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4490860 | Intraocular lens apparatus and method for implantation of same An intraocular lens apparatus having an optical lens portion and a mechanism for confining the lens portion within the eye. A marking is applied to the surface of the optical lens portion for indication of a specific zone of the optical lens portion. The ... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4490861 | Rotating toilet bowl dispenser Dispensing apparatus for dispensing bleach and/or detergent or the like into a toilet tank on a controlled basis. The dispenser is rotatable or tiltable; being divided into several portions, one of which is a reservoir, preferably provided at the top of t... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4490862 | Attachable drain filter with surface irregularities to entangle hair and debris A drain filter for preventing hair and debris from entering a drain of a bathtub, shower stall, lavatory, sink and the like having a liftable stopper and a flange, the article comprising a body with openings for the passage of water, shaped and dimensione... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4490863 | Portable hand-held urine disposal system for residential structures The present invention entails a hand-held urine receiver that is constructed in the general form of a reservoir and is communicatively connected to a flexible hose. The flexible hose extends from the urine receiver and is communicatively connected to a dr... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4490864 | Shelter bed A sturdily constructed shelter bed anchored to a floor provides shelter for persons during tornados or hurricanes in a shelter space protected by steel plates below a mattress and springs. The mattress and springs rest on a horizontal steel plate deck sup... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4490865 | Bed apparatus with urinal and an integral drive mechanism A bed apparatus with an urinal comprises a bed frame placed with a cushion unit thereon, a cover pivotally provided at an opening formed at the cushion unit, a urinal slidably held along the longitudinal direction of the bed frame and mounted with a guide... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4490866 | System for mounting a mattress cover to a mattress core A system for mounting a mattress cover to a mattress core is provided. The mattress cover to be mounted typically has top, bottom, and skirt portions with a closable opening adjacent the skirt portion. The system includes a web mounted to and extending al... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4490867 | Bed rocking mechanism A bed rocking mechanism intended to serve as support for a bed and to impart to the same a rocking or tilting movement in lateral direction, e.g. for turning of patients in long-term care. The rocking mechanism has a frame comprising casters or legs resti... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4490868 | Composite band for a footwear-forming machine A composite band for use in a footwear-forming machine. The composite band includes an elongated pad formed to have a bight portion and a pair of legs extending outwardly from the bight portion. A flexible elongated metal is secured at the outer surface o... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4490869 | Boarding installation, especially for vehicles transporting passengers between an air terminal and an aircraft This invention concerns a boarding installation for vehicles for transporting passengers in air terminals comprising a support equipped with a pivoting plate and a counter-plate which are complementary, of the form of an arc of a circle, and means for con... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4490870 | Method and apparatus for cleaning disks containing encoded information A roller having a core of natural rubber and an electrostatically activatable, mechanically chargeable outer surface is secured to a handle for rotation about its axis. The outer tacky surface is composed of a soft, flexible, open-air cured silicone polym... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4490871 | Reciprocating rotary brush An apparatus of the type designed to be mounted in a shower stall. The apparatus includes a rotatably mounted brush member that oscillates in a vertical plane or a horizontal plane depending upon the selection chosen by the user of the invention. Water is... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4490872 | Spiral brush section A helical brush section consisting of a split tubular support or drum. The drum is offset at the split when the brush strip is helically wound thereon with its ends corresponding to the shoulders at the ends of the offset drum. Then the section is subject... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4490873 | Floating-brush assembly for use with floor-scrubbing and polishing machines This invention is directed to a free-floating-brush assembly for use in combination with scrubbing and polishing machines employed for cleaning and buffing hard-surface floors in large areas such as found in supermarkets, schools, hospitals, etc. The asse... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4490874 | Brush control means Brush control means for controlling the operative position of the rotary brushes of a road or like sweeping machine comprises an electronic control unit operated by a driver's controller for controlling the operation of a valve, which in turn controls the... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4490875 | Paint brush This invention is directed to a paint brush for applying surface coatings. The invention has a handle with several holes to aid in the proper soaking of the bristles. Furthermore the bristles are of different lengths and colors to aid in the proper dippin... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4490876 | Flue cleaning device A flue cleaning device for cleaning the interior cavity of a flue of the type used with a wood burning stove or the like. The device comprises a laterally extending tubular member in fluid communication with the flue, a slideable chute is mounted in the t... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4490877 | Spiral brush section A helical brush section consisting of a split tubular support which is offset at the split longitudinally to provide helical edges terminating in longitudinally extending contact shoulders at its opposed ends. This section has a bristle-carrying strip hel... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4490878 | Shoe scraper A versatile flat mount shoe scraper comprising a framed grate, an arch standard extending downwardly with a scraper bar secured to the terminated ends of the standard, which is then secured to the framed grate, thereby providing a base one would stand upr... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4490879 | Scraping tool A scraping tool comprising scraping means adjustably and removably securable to an elongated, rigid handle, the scraping means comprising two rigid metal blades each having a scraping edge, and securing means for attaching one or both blades to the handle... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4490880 | Windshield wiper A windshield wiper assembly providing improved wiping characteristics. The wiper assembly includes a wiper arm, a superstructure, and a flexible wiper insert received within the superstructure. The wiper insert includes a flexible elongate beam received w... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4490881 | Dust exhaustor There is described a dust exhaustor for a precision-mechanics work table which can be fitted as a ready-to-connect unit beneath the work top of a conventional work table. For this purpose, the housing is L-shaped, the suction opening being in the front en... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4490882 | Upright vacuum center An upright-type vacuum cleaner wherein the air pump, traditionally fixed to the bottom motor shaft, is repositioned at the top of the motor shaft and the dirt-laden air duct is directed up over the motor to this top mounted air pump, and a radical change ... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4490883 | Fastener for releasably and adjustably connecting two structural members First (12) and second (42,62) body portions are each attached to a structural member. The first body portion (12) includes trunnions (18) that are slidably received in corresponding channels in the second body portion (42,62). The second body portion (42,... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4490884 | Adjustable friction hinge An adjustable friction hinge assembly of thermoplastic material comprises a first hinge leaf having spaced apart non-adjustable knuckles having non-circular through holes, and a second hinge leaf having a single knuckle which fits into the space between t... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4490885 | Fish scaler A fish scaler comprising a housing having a longitudinal axis, an electric motor mounted in the housing, a shaft in the housing driven by the motor, a blade holder pivotally mounted in and projecting from the housing and a scaling blade mounted on said bl... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4490886 | Binder for lines, rods, or tubes A plastic binder for binding lines, rods, or tubes into a tight bundle comprises a binding band and a buckle formed at one end of the binding band and provided therein with a slit for insertion of the other end of the binding band. The operability of this... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4490887 | Cable tie A cable tie comprises a strap having a series of transverse teeth on one side extending between the longitudinal edges thereof, and a fastening head having a passageway therethrough for receiving the strap to form a loop. The fastening head has a pawl coo... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4490888 | Clamping band The clamping-band is equipped with a split inner ring with an eccentric bore. A rigid inner half-collar partially surrounds the inner ring by means of runners forming with the ring a ball and socket device, and terminated on one side by one securing tab. ... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4490889 | Slide fastener assembly A slide fastener has a top end stop or stops dimensioned to be receivable within the interior of a slider having upper and lower shields connected together by a neck or diamond portion. This portion of the slider is recessed to receive a protuberance of t... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4490890 | Separable slide fastener A separable slide fastener has a pair of warp-knit stringer tapes each with a series of longitudinal openings for easy attachment to a knit fabric. Each of the stringer tapes includes a reinforcing body mounted on a lower end portion thereof and including... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4490891 | Line clamp The present invention provides a line clamp comprising means for securing a member, and means for clamping the member to a line such as a wire line wherein the means for clamping the member to a line comprises a first clamp body portion comprising a cam m... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4490892 | Buckle device A buckle device has a tongue member, a base member, a latch member mounted on the base member so as to be capable of assuming an engaging position in which the latch member is engageable with the tongue member and a non-engaging position in which the latc... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4490893 | Fastening device for holding construction or functional parts on cover plates A fastening device for holding elements such as snap pins or clamps on a cover plate made of molded fiber which includes a holding plate spaced above the cover plate and having support plates fixed to opposite ends thereof by side walls. A separate interm... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4490894 | Apparatus for attaching a withdrawal cord to a tampon An apparatus is provided for attaching a withdrawal tape to a catamenial tampon. The apparatus is designed so that the withdrawal cord is frictionally wound up upon a centering mandrel in a controlled manner and then pressed against the withdrawal end of ... | 01/01/1985 |
