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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4504977 | Disposable zoned surgical gown A surgical gown comprises a body covering portion and sleeves, the body covering portion having a front portion and side portions. The front portion has a central operative region having a water impermeable material layer covering the central operative re... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4504978 | Disposable surgical gown sleeve A gown sleeve has a zone which extends from a lower end proximate the wrist end of the sleeve to an upper end above the elbow area of the sleeve. The zone comprises an outer layer of base sleeve material, an inner layer of sleeve lining material, and a mi... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4504979 | Necktie assembly A necktie assembly easily fittable and removable to a wearer's neck without tying or untying a knot thereof, which comprises a tie body having a shape similar to a traditional tie and a knot formed by tying a part of the tie body around a core body. The c... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4504980 | Security hand band A security hand band is formed of a strip of bright colored, waterproof cloth. The strip has a first opening adjacent one end thereof to receive a user's thumb. After the user inserts the thumb in the first opening, the strip is passed around the back of ... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4504981 | Intraocular lens The intraocular lens, whether for implantation in the anterior or posterior chamber of the eye, embodies laterally extending non-radially oriented supporting loops which accommodate by bending compressive forces imposed thereon without flexing or bowing o... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4504982 | Aspheric intraocular lens An intraocular lens for permanent implantation into a human eye is provided. The lens has at least one aspheric surface.... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4504983 | Toilet installation A toilet has a soil holding tank which does not require connection to external soil disposal facilities. The toilet may be of a fresh water flush type, in which case the soil is contained within a flexible bag inside the tank, and the fresh water surround... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4504984 | Two-stage toilet flush valve assembly Pivoted flap valves are positioned at different angles by valve seats formed on a flush valve body on opposite sides of a vertical axis extending through a lower outlet section of the valve body. Flexible actuating elements depending at different angles f... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4504985 | Swimming pool coping A swimming pool coping permitting overflow, which is rectilinear and has an upwardly opening overflow channel therein parallel to its length. The coping has an upper surface that is flat and imperforate and is inclined upwardly from the channel at a small... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4504986 | Sink mounting A sink mounting for top installation of a sink, for example a kitchen sink, includes a plurality of brackets which may be adjustably mounted to the underside of the sink deck through the sink opening. The brackets each include a locking portion having a c... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4504987 | Mattress support mechanism for folding sofa-bed A folding sofa-bed or the like structure having a plurality of frame sections including a body section, pivotally interconnected in end-to-end relation for movement into an extended planar position to form a bed, and into a folded position to form a sofa-... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4504988 | Patient transfer arrangement An arrangement for transferring a patient between a wheelchair and an examination table. While the patient is in the seated position, segments of the examination table are arranged in front of the upper body of the patient, above the thighs of the patient... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4504989 | Inflatable support arrangement An inflatable support arrangement includes a plurality of first wall portions each of which bounds an annular inflatable zone and surrounds a central region, and second wall portions which are sealingly connected to the first wall portions and span the di... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4504990 | Fire resistant support for the human body A resilient support for the human body, for example a mattress, comprises a resilient supporting block, for example of foamed polyurethane, and a fire resistant cover closely enclosing the block. At least part of the cover, which is use of the support, is... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4504991 | Fire-resistant mattress and high strength fire-retardant composite An improved mattress includes a composite made of a layer of a fire retardant material capable of providing a heat barrier bonded to a layer of high tensile strength material, such as fiberglass fabric. The composite encloses at least most and generally p... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4504992 | Hospital bed telephone holder A first upstanding panel section is provided including inner and outer sides and terminating upwardly in an inwardly and downwardly directed first reversely turned hook portion for engagement over the upper horizontal rail portion of a hospital bedside ra... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4504993 | Skier's accessory tool A skier's accessory tool including a body in the general configuration of a ski boot having a rear, top, front and sole portion. A first recess is provided in the sole portion and Phillips-type screwdriver is pivotally mounted in the recess and received t... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4504994 | Apparatus for applying and working a cleansing preparation on contact lenses An apparatus for cleaning conventional contact lenses with a suitable cleansing preparation including a body formed of a soft, slightly abrasive material and having a recessed area formed therein for receiving a contact lens. A handle assembly includes a ... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4504995 | Playing card cleaning apparatus A playing card cleaning apparatus, wherein individual cards are separated from a deck thereof and fed under compression between a first pair of traction rollers and scrubbing rollers wetted with a thin film of cleaning solution and withdrawn under tension... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4504996 | Garbage disposal utensil An improved garbage disposal utensil for use with a garbage disposal. A circular member is provided which has a stopper lip to seal the disposal drain hole and flexible lobes on the circular member to hold the lip out of sealing relationship with the drai... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4504997 | Brushing tool A brushing tool for metal working has a circular disc perforated adjacent the rim with a plurality of holes through which wire bundles are passed and then twisted to form radially-extending knots. A plurality of notches are provided in the rim adjacent th... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4504998 | Human hair-grooming device A hair-grooming device for humans is disclosed. The device comprises a plurality of hair-engaging elements retainably mounted in a base, each element having a rounded end and a distortion with respect to the axis of the element along its length. Mechanica... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4504999 | Buffing wheel hub A buffing wheel hub device comprising telescoping male and female units having axially extending finger members supporting a plurality of buffing wheels thereon between end plates of said units to compactly support and drive said wheels rotatably by an ar... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4505000 | Chimney cleaning apparatus A chimney cleaning apparatus having a base including a housing spaced above a chimney upper end by upright supports, a support structure depending from the base into that portion of the chimney to be cleaned. A reversible electric motor powers a cable car... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4505001 | Surface cleaning device A flexible tube is suspended from a support arranged to be mounted adjacent a vehicle light surface to be cleaned. The support has an inlet for admitting compressed air to the tube whereby upon selected pressured flow of air through the tube, the tube whi... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4505002 | Stretching mechanism of a device for cutting slaughtered poultry A stretching mechanism of a device for cutting slaughtered poultry, said mechanism being provided with a support surface for the bird, with means to hand the bird by the legs, with means to hold the wings of the bird and with means to hold the trunk on th... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4505003 | Apparatus for the production of filled tubular casings An apparatus for stuffing a shirred tubular casing with a fluid material such as a sausage composition or pieces of ham comprising a stuffing horn having an aperture through which the fluid material is forced under pressure into the casing, a device locat... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4505004 | Process for shucking and eviscerating scallops In the shucking and eviscerating of scallops, the yield is increased by treating the scallops, prior to the heat treatment, with a sodium or potassium hydroxide solution, as this results in a more effective loosening of the contents of the scallops from t... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4505005 | Grating arrangement for an opening roller for fibers A grating composed of individual bars is provided for an opening roller serving for cleaning of fibers and provided with clothing. Each bar carries a guide element extending over its length and comprises a guide sheet, the spacing of which from the clothi... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4505006 | Cable clamp A clamp of a resilient material for holding circular objects of different diameters to a fixed surface, the clamp has a circular member having side rims, a central passageway, two ends that when spread apart provide access for the object to the passageway... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4505007 | Magnet clasp A magnet clasp a stationary part and a movable part, the stationary part including a permanent magnet, ferromagnetic plates secured to the permanent magnet, a ferromagnetic pillar and a non-magnetic case and cover which encase and cover the permanent magn... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4505008 | Adjustable fastener An adjustable fastener which comprises a rail having a plurality of spaced-apart stop elements affixed thereto along the length thereof, and a slider fit on the rail for adjustable sliding movement therealong. The rail is manufactured by affixing the stop... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4505009 | Slide fastener with a separator attached thereto An improved separable slide fastener of the type including a pair of fastener stringers, a pair of male and female members and a box, said male and female members and said box constituting a separator, is disclosed. Each of the female member and the male ... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4505010 | Spring clip A spring clip particularly suitable for fixing a mud-flap to a motor vehicle has two legs interconnected by means of a base and is so formed that when relaxed the legs converge towards their free ends. A threaded bore is provided in one of the legs, in wh... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4505011 | Safety belt anchor A secure safety anchor that is easy to utilize is provided for attachment to structural angle irons in marine installations and the like. The anchor includes a vise grips with movable and stationary jaws, and a head welded to the stationary jaw. A flange ... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4505012 | Sling swivel A sling swivel for removably attaching a sling of flat webbing or other strap material to a rifle or other firearm includes a loop member for receiving the webbing. The loop has a neck extending away from one side. A pivotable shaft carrying a movable lin... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4505013 | Process and apparatus for making coherent yarn An improved process (and apparatus) for intermingling filaments of a yarn or yarns with a fluid-jet device employs long narrow tubular guides to peripherally constrain vibrations in the yarn upstream, and optionally downstream, of the intermingling zone. ... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4505014 | Accelerometer manufacturing method A method for manufacturing a compound accelerometer that is maximally sensitive to a desired acceleration vector to the exclusion of orthogonal vectors. The compound accelerometer is made by combining two simple accelerometer units. The simple acceleromet... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4505015 | Balanced force roller A roller, for guiding strips of material, that can tilt in one plane with respect to a support shaft located inside the roller but is carefully prevented from moving out of the one plane by separate guides, also inside the roller, which separate guides ar... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4505016 | Method of manufacturing a die-cast wobble plate assembly An improved method of manufacturing a swash plate assembly for use in a compressor, fluid motor or similar device in which a plurality of pistons are connected, by means of connecting rods, to a swash plate which drives (or is driven by) the pistons. A pl... | 03/19/1985 |
