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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4501023 | Neck support A neck support for use in athletic contact sports such as football, which includes a resilient, yieldable collar having at least one front support extending downwardly from the collar beneath an athlete's chin, and attached to his shoulder harness or pads... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4501024 | Bathing trunks Bathing trunks having substantially triangular front and rear panels joined at the corners, with said front panel being solid throughout, and said rear panel having two cut-outs leaving between them a band-like panel part of a width to cover the cleavage ... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4501025 | Composite fabric for sportswear An article of sportswear formed by a composite fabric which, when worn by an athlete undergoing strenuous physical activity, functions to regulate the factors giving rise to perspiration and evaporative cooling in a manner conductive to optimum performanc... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4501026 | Belt-like ornamental member The central sections of first and second elongated string-like portions are connected by a knot. The first portion carries decorative end elements and includes first and second parts adapted to extend in opposite directions from the rear to the front of t... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4501027 | Quick release weight belt and buckle therefor A weight belt which a diver can release quickly and swing free and clear of the diver's legs and gear with one hand in case of an emergency. The ends of a waist encircling piece of webbing are threaded through corresponding male and female parts of a buck... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4501028 | Lightweight reflective belt A lightweight reflective belt for runners and the like has inner and outer layers of a thin supple material secured together with a center layer of a soft spongy material sandwiched therebetween to impart body to the layered belt. Coacting fasteners are p... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4501029 | Tendon repair A device for assisting in repair of a severed tendon comprises a main tube for insertion between a replacement tendon and its sheath, and a plurality of passages extending transversely of the bore of the main tube and communicating therewith, through whic... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4501030 | Method of leaflet attachment for prosthetic heart valves A prosthetic heart valve including a frame having a plurality of commissure supports, a plurality of resilient supports, and a plurality of valve leaflets. The valve leaflets are attached to the resilient supports, and the resilient supports lie radially ... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4501031 | Metal and plastic composite tibial component for knee joint A prosthetic joint component which is comprised of a metal retainer and a plastic bearing portion which is molded integrally onto the top surface of the metal retainer. The metal retainer includes a plurality of notches spaced apart from each other around... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4501032 | Child restraint bassinet A bassinet assembly having a trigger latch which is actuated only by acceleration acting on the restraint above a threshold level to release a bassinet and allow it to swing from its normal recumbent position to a position wherein it engages and is arrest... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4501033 | Bed frame having swivel bracket for headboard mounting The bed frame having a swivel bracket for headboard mounting of the instant invention provides a wide range of lateral adjustment for mounting headboards of varying sizes and types. The disclosed invention includes a Hollywood or other type bed frame havi... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4501034 | Inflatable pillow A composite pillow of the type including one or more elements for receiving the neck or cervical region of a person lying on the pillow and another, adjacent element for receiving the person's head or occipital region, the purpose being to support the nec... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4501035 | Self-sealing waterbed mattress A waterbed mattress comprising an external envelope is provided with an internal layer of viscous, polymeric sealing material for sealing punctures in the mattress. The polymeric material can be polybutene filled with a particulate filler. The sealing mat... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4501036 | Floatation sleep system An improved floatation sleep system for supporting a body. The improved floatation sleep system has a first chamber adapted to contain a liquid and a second chamber adapted to contain pressurized air. The second chamber surrounds the perimeter of the firs... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4501037 | Method for introducing heat-sensitive material into a hot environment In a process for continuously pulling a web of tows of carbonizable material under tension through an oxidizing oven, the web is introduced into the oxidizing oven by initially feeding a leader in the form of a web of heat-resistant cloth through the oven... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4501038 | Method and apparatus for spray treating textile material A method of carpet treating and apparatus for the dyeing of intricate patterns is provided wherein a plurality of spray nozzles are disposed in a spray line transverse to the direction of movement of a carpet. Each spray nozzle is connected to a mixing ch... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4501039 | Sheet-dyeing method and apparatus A textile sheet strand is dyed by conducting it in at least two separate passes around an annular path having a first path section in a dye vat and a section path section in a gas-treatment location. In the dye vat the strand is contacted with a liquid dy... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4501040 | Method and apparatus for washing stock suspensions by removing undesired material through an endless wire A method of, and wire machine for, washing stock suspensions is disclosed wherein a cylinder having a solid smooth surface is encircled along a portion of its circumference by an endless wire or filter band. The stock suspension which is to be dewatered i... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4501041 | Process of forming friction A novel friction nut having friction material substantially filling the interior thread groove from end to end except for substantially less than a full convolution at one or both ends, in which the thickness of the deposit of friction material does not s... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4501042 | Front-of-dock dockboard A dockboard to be attached to the front of a loading dock. The dockboard includes a deck plate, the side edges of which are pivotally connected to guide bars that are movable vertically within guideways formed in the upper portion of a rectangular frame. ... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4501043 | Retainer clip for windshield wiper blade assemblies A claw retaining clip for a windshield wiper structure including a relatively rigid base with a locking post extending from one side thereof. A pair of relatively resilient fingers extend in generally parallel relation from the base and each terminates in... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4501044 | Apparatus for cleaning components used in electrolytic smelting Apparatus for cleaning the so-called anode bars of electrodes re-cycled for use in electrolytic smelting comprises a frame with upstanding columns supporting a raisable and lowerable carriage. A table is displaceably supported between the columns on the c... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4501045 | Self-locking hinge A self-locking hinge is disclosed for pivotally attaching a door to a frame member. The hinge includes first and second hinge members which are pivotally joined together by a pin. A socket is formed in the first hinge member which is designed to receive a... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4501046 | Method and apparatus for producing synthetic multifilament yarn A method and apparatus is provided for producing a synthetic multifilament yarn having the appearance, bulk and hand characteristics normally associated with spun yarns of staple fibers. The yarn is air jet textured to form loops, coils, bows and the like... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4501047 | Method and apparatus for separating fibers Disclosed is an apparatus and method for separating clumps of resilient fibers such as aramid polymer fiber agglomerates. Rotating blades throw the fiber clumps outwardly against a surrounding resilient "cushion" of fibers of the material. Rather than phy... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4501048 | Method and apparatus for forming a sliver A method and apparatus for forming a sliver from a web of fibres leaving the upper part of a horizontally extending delivery roller (2) of a cotton type carding machine. The web is delivered downwardly from the upper part of the delivery roller into proxi... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4501049 | Disposable one-piece security sealing device A disposable one-piece security sealing device primarily intended to surround the neck of a bag or like package comprises a strap (1) having an enclosure (3) at one end defining a passage (4) through which the other end of the strap is irremovably inserta... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4501050 | Clutch for post earrings A clutch for post earrings is disclosed. The clutch comprises a housing which is open at one end thereof and has an aperture therethrough in the opposite end thereof, a cap member which is received on the open end of the housing and also has an aperture t... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4501051 | High accuracy differential pressure capacitive transducer and methods for making same A capacitive pressure transducer is disclosed in which a sensing diaphragm bearing an electrode is mounted to flex in response to applied fluid pressure relative to a reference member having an opposed electrode. A thin film or layer of dielectric materia... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4501052 | Method of manufacturing cantilevered composite structure The invention relates to a cantilevered composite structure plate for double floors, decks, roofs or the like, with a trough serving as outside reinforcement and made of a material with high tensile strength and high elasticity module, preferably sheet st... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4501053 | Method of making rotor blade for a rotary machine A coolable rotor blade 14 for an axial flow rotary machine and a method for making the rotor blade are disclosed. The rotor blade includes a spar 38 and a shell 34 for defining the airfoil surface of the rotor blade. A platform 36 extends over the shell a... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4501054 | Hand tool for installing compression rings on radial positioning devices A hand held tool for installing compression rings includes a pair of relatively reciprocable coaxial cylindrical independently spring biased elements housed within a cylindrical handle which includes mode control means automatically preconditioned for ena... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4501055 | Tool for coupling pipe sections A pipe tool for assembly pipe particularly the type having a collar or fitting containing a seal which must be brought into engagement with the free end of the next section or joint. The tool includes a first pipe engaging member having a collar engageabl... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4501056 | Tool for disconnecting a guideline connector and a process for using same The invention provides a tool for disconnecting a guideline connector hooked in a sleeve forming the extension of a guide column of an underwater station, by means of retractable locking heads housed in a bore in the body of the connector. It comprises a ... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4501057 | Carpenter's level holding device and method for plumbing a wall partition A carpenter's level holding device and method for plumbing a wall partition is disclosed, characterized by use of a bracket to hold a conventional carpenter's level to removably attach and self-register the level on a wall partition and a method providing... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4501058 | Method of pre-stressing a structural member The following specification discloses the use of a nickel titanium alloy component referred to as Nitinol for purposes of providing a pre-stressed structure. The alloy component provides stiffness to shell structures and tubular members such as oil well p... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4501059 | Machine for laying conductors into slots A machine for making conductors of sections of a winding of electrical machine and for laying these conductors into the slots of an electrical machine comprises the following units arranged in an assembly line: an unreeling device, straightening rollers, ... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4501060 | Dielectrically isolated semiconductor devices Dielectrically isolated single crystal silicon of high quality is produced by an extremely convenient process. This process involves the fusing of two silicon bodies where at least one of these bodies has a region of silicon oxide. The bodies are contacte... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4501061 | Fluorine plasma oxidation of residual sulfur species A method for stripping an organic photoresist layer from a semiconductor device comprises oxidation of the photoresist layer with oxygen plasma and subsequent removal of residual sulfur species using a fluorine-containing plasma.... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4501062 | Stabilized super-conductor having a diffusion-inhibiting layer therein and method of producing same A stabilized super-conductor of the type containing a super-conductive region consisting of an intermetallic compound containing at least two elements, such as Nb3 Sn, and a normally-conductive region containing a material which is normally con... | 02/26/1985 |
