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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4499611 | Production of breathing materials A flexible sheet material shaped article comprises a thermoplastic material having a plurality of spaced breathing apertures extending through the thickness thereof, each breathing aperture filled with a porous fibrous material. The flexible sheet materia... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4499612 | Pocket for garments A garment pocket construction comprising a normally open pocket into which objects are placed, an adjacent normally closed pocket, and a pouch connected to both pockets, the normally open pocket communicating with the pouch through a small opening through... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4499613 | Ankle joint and coupling for artificial limbs An ankle joint enabling an amputee to walk more naturally with better balance and security in which an ankle or like joint is constructed with broad circumferential surfaces so that it will resemble the action of the human ankle when walking. The ankle jo... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4499614 | Organic waste bioconverter and method The bioconverter includes a collecting vessel having a plurality of stirring shafts rotatably mounted therein, each of which is driven by a separate electric motor. Adjacent shafts operate in opposite directions and stirring arms are oriented relative to ... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4499615 | Flush and refill device A flush and refill device for use with a tank having an outlet and a means for refilling the tank with the liquid. The device includes a pair of floats and a guide means for guiding the floats for vertical movement. One of the floats serves as a valve for... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4499616 | Flush valve A flush valve for use with a toilet tank assembly having a flush outlet surrounded by a valve seat, an overflow pipe, and a lift arm movable to initiate flow through the valve seat includes a one piece integral body of molded plastic material. The valve b... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4499617 | Water closet modifications An insertable weir structure for a water closet includes a cylindrical valve, with an opening thru the cylinder perpendicular to and passing thru its axis; rotatable and externally controlled such that in one position it permits the liquid wastes to pass ... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4499618 | Adjustable bed with single crank and push-button control assembly A control assembly for an adjustable bed includes push-button devices for selectively engaging associated clutches. A single device may be actuated to engage a single clutch. Alternatively, a plurality of devices may be actuated simultaneously to engage a... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4499619 | Baby bed A baby bed includes front and rear frames (2, 3), a hammock (4) suspended from the front and rear frames (2, 3), front and rear legs (5, 6), and base blocks (7, 8) adapted to rotatably support the front and rear frames (2, 3) and the front and rear legs (... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4499620 | Foam washing method A foam washing method which comprises forming a large amount of foams by blowing a gas through a concentrated aqueous solution of a detergent, and thereafter bringing said foams into contact with soiled textile goods to separate and remove dirts adhered t... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4499621 | Method for washing laundry in a pass-through washing machine In a pass-through washing machine, use is made of three-minute rinse cycles. Accordingly, only two chambers are required for four rinsing stages during two wash cycles. The warm first rinse water of the pre-heated, pre-washed laundry is mixed to save time... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4499622 | Gripper assembly In a pulling over and toe lasting machine the construction of the gripper assemblies (12) and their mountings is simplified firstly to enable the assemblies to be standardized and secondly, by means of a simple manual operation, readily to be located and ... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4499623 | Egg cleaning apparatus An egg washing means including a plurality of cylindrical brushes being mounted with complete freedom of rotational movement and in being driven axially for lateral movement across a conveyor which carries eggs therebelow. The eggs are washed by cleaning ... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4499624 | Portable polisher A portable polisher is provided for surface preparation or for surface repair of substrates such as sheet aluminum. The polisher is particularly well suited for restoring the polished finish of aluminum aircraft skin that has been dulled by normal use and... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4499625 | Two-way gun cleaner tip and butterfly path for use therewith A gun cleaner comprises a rod and a patch associated therewith. The rod is an elongated member for extending through a gun barrel and has an outboard terminal of enlarged diameter. The enlarged terminal has a midsection with flattened opposite sides defin... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4499626 | Broom handle holding attachment for an industrial broom The present invention relates to a broom handle holding attachment that is designed to be attached transversely across an elongated bristle holder of an industrial type broom. The broom handle holding attachment is designed to receive a broom handle and i... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4499627 | Flexible surface cleaning and coatings applicator tool This invention is directed to a surface cleaning and coatings applicator tool having a flexible deformable and reformable metal core encapsulated in thin sheets of plastic. These materials of composition give this tool the ability to clean or coat hard to... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4499628 | Vacuum cleaning apparatus A vacuum cleaner structure arranged to provide front edge cleaning fully to the intersection of a floor surface and an upright wall surface by a forward movement of the vacuum cleaner nozzle thereto. The vacuum cleaner structure includes a front wall of t... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4499629 | Door pull mounting and locking assembly The assembly includes a shaft having its opposite ends threaded in opposite directions. This shaft is passed through a hole in a door to which door pulls are to be mounted. First and second door pulls have oppositely threaded openings for receiving the en... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4499630 | Manual control knob with adjustable pointer assembly An adjustable knob assembly for operating a gas valve includes a rotatable knob affixable to the shaft of the gas valve and having a hub with an axially extending ridge. An annular pointer is angularly displaceably affixed to the hub and has opposed sets ... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4499631 | Furniture hinge permitting door opening angle of 110 degree or more Furniture hinge (10) in the form of a four-joint hinge whose door-related part constructed as a recess-mounting cup (12) is pivotingly coupled by a four-joint mechanism formed by two hinge links (14;16) to a carcass-related hinge part which can be fastene... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4499632 | Carding engine A carding engine having a rotatable hollow carding cylinder (5). The inner surface of the cylinder is formed with a fluid-conveying pathway (18 to 21) in a pattern such that fluid circulated through the pathway will maintain the surface temperature of the... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4499633 | Apparatus for separating fiber tufts from an airstream An apparatus for forming a lap from fiber tufts has a generally vertically oriented feed chute having upper and lower ends; a mechanism disposed at the upper end for introducing fiber tufts into the feed chute; a mechanism at the lower end for discharging... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4499634 | Jewelry clasp A jewelry clasp having a main body formed by a pair of symmetrical members mounted in a parallel spaced relation to form a laminated structure, each member including a closed loop at one end and a partial loop at the other end, the closed loop being conne... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4499635 | Shadecloth fixing pin A shadecloth stitching pin for joining shadecloth to temporary or permanent fixtures or to itself. The pin includes a pointed end to pass through the cloth and gripping means to prevent the pin withdrawing from the cloth.... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4499636 | Removable two-piece retaining means A fastener comprising a male member formed of a flat base, a clipping shank provided on the underside of the base, and a pillar erected upright from the upper side of the base and provided at the leading end thereof with a head, and a female member formed... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4499637 | Method for the production of materials having visual surface effects Method for pressurized fluid stream treatment of the surface of a relatively moving substrate to impart visual surface changes thereto. A fluid discharge manifold having an elongate discharge slot disposed across the path of relative movement of the subst... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4499638 | Device for individually separating and aligning heddles for threading In a device for individually separating heddles and to subsequently draw-in warp threads into the heddle eyes using advancing and retracting needles, the heddles require being moved into a precisely defined position of draw-in. Rest means with a serrated ... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4499639 | Process for broadening the width of a bundle of parallel filaments having a band form A process for broadening the width of a bundle of parallel filaments having a band form is provided, which comprises, during the running course of the bundle in the lengthwise direction, holding the bundle under press by a direction-turning bar or bars ar... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4499640 | Method of manufacturing capacitance-type material level indicator probe A system and probe for indicating the level of material in a vessel as a function of material capacitance comprising a resonant circuit including a capacitance probe adapted to be disposed in a vessel so as to be responsive to variations in capacitance as... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4499641 | Method of manufacturing capacitance-type material level indicator probe A capacitance probe and method of probe manufacture for material level sensing systems and like applications. The probe includes a probe rod, a tubular guard coaxially surrounding the rod intermediate the rod ends, and insulation material formed as an int... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4499642 | Composite bearing A heavy-duty composite radial journal bearing and a method to produce it is described. A pattern of openings is formed through a bearing sleeve representing, for instance, axially aligned metal bars. The openings are subsequently filled wth a metal dissim... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4499643 | Process for manufacturing a piston ring A process for manufacturing a piston ring is disclosed wherein web-like first metal member which will form a base of a piston ring and web-like second metal member which will form a wear resistant layer of the piston ring are separately fed and joined tog... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4499644 | Apparatus for replacing a chain A tool or fixture for use in replacing a chain, and a method of chain replacement using the tool or fixture, comprising a shroud member adapted to be detachably mounted outwardly of and in closely spaced chain guiding relation to an accessible portion of ... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4499645 | Procedure for manufacturing a roof element Procedure for manufacturing a roof element wherein in the space between two sheets, that is, between a top and a bottom sheet (2,3), lagging material (1) such as polyurethane is foamed. It is only after foaming the lagging (1) that the folds (4,5) require... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4499646 | Method of attaching a metal shaft to a ceramic shaft and product produced thereby A method of attaching a metal shaft (10) to a ceramic shaft (12) having a first diameter (d1) is characterized by the following steps. A shaft portion (16) is formed on the ceramic shaft with a second diameter (d2) less than the firs... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4499647 | Blind nut fastening method A blind nut is provided for coupling with an object article having a bore, wherein the neck portion of said nut is nested in use. The peripheral side of said bore is immovably attached to a neck portion of said nut by a press deforming means. The blind nu... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4499648 | Automatic wiring apparatus with rotatable insertion tooling Machine for interconnecting wire-in-slot type terminals in connectors mounted on a panel board utilizes a wire feed roll, rotatable insertion tooling, and an X-Y table. Wire is fed vertically through a rotation housing past wire inserters mounted above an... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4499649 | All lead sensor A mechanism for sensing that all the leads of a dual-in-line electrical component are in their proper position projecting through the appropriate openings in a printed circuit board. The sensor uses fiber optics to indicate that all the leads are properly... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4499650 | Automatic tool changer A machine tool is provided with automatic tool changing apparatus 50 comprising a carousel 56 having tool stations 60. Each tool station is mounted for independent horizontal and vertical movement relative to the carousel and has an arcuate cone 65 for fa... | 02/19/1985 |
