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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4510625 | Light-shielding protective mask A switch holder is made from a rubber or a plastic and has an endless ring-like form or an arcuate form cut at both ends to fit a finger of the worker who makes the welding. A switch having a small depression stroke is mounted on the periphery of the swit... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4510626 | Flat plane seam garment and method of making A garment having body portions including front and back portions with a shoulder hole between those front and back portions. A generally tubular sleeve and shoulder portion has a sleeve and shoulder seam extending along its length with one end of the slee... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4510627 | Ossicular prosthesis A prosthesis for replacing part or all of the ossicles of the ossicular chain in the tympanic cavity. The prosthesis includes a porous body having an enlarged head for being closely associated with the tympanic membrane and having an elongated shaft for b... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4510628 | Artificial heart valve made by vacuum forming technique An artifical heart valve having thin, seamless leaflets which converge to the center of a frame from the frame's inner wall. The leaflets each have a convex outflow surface and a concave inflow surface. The leaflets meet along adjacent edges to form cusps... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4510629 | Method of flushing a water closet A method of and apparatus for flushing a water closet by utilizing water and air for the flushing. The method operates at predetermined pressure ratios. At an air pressure of maximally about 3 bar inside of a pressure vessel the flushing medium consisting... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4510630 | Mini-bidet A personal hygiene device comprising a hand-held mini-bidet to be used in conjunction with conventional bathroom facilities which taps the hot and cold water conduits associated with a bathroom sink, thereby providing a temperature supply of pressurized w... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4510631 | Commode A portable commode includes a pair of stabilizing legs which engage the floor when the commode is in use and further includes a connecting device to secure the commode to a bed or other structure in order to provide stability as the user moves from the be... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4510632 | Children's game pool A wading pool in which children are provided with various games. In plan view the pool is shaped like a Greek cross to provide four similar compartments each sized to accommodate one child. Each of the four compartments is made of a different colored plas... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4510633 | Invalid transfer means In abstract a preferred embodiment of this invention is a transfer means for moving incapacitated or partially incapacitated patients or persons from one location to another. A single nurse or orderly can place the patient on the device and move such pati... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4510634 | Infant carrier An infant carrier is improved with regards to comfort and transportability by utilizing, in combination, a plastic frame assembly and a laterally-resilient, mesh-type nylon material for supporting the infant. The plastic frame assembly is gently and downw... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4510635 | Box spring assemblies A box spring assembly has an array of vertical springs attached to a horizontal foundation and supporting a deck or platform for receiving a bedding load, i.e. a mattress and its occupant(s). The assembly has a plurality of deck elements each formed from ... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4510636 | System and method for forming custom-made shoe inserts An automatic system for forming custom-made shoe inserts for a person's feet from a pair of blanks is provided with a foot impression mechanism for simultaneously forming an impression of the contour of the undersurface of each of the person's feet and fo... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4510637 | Bridge launcher A bridge launching and retrieving mechanism after mounting on a vehicle forms a bridge transporting, launching and retrieving vehicle. The launching and retrieving mechanism includes input, follower and coupler links which are pivotably interconnected, an... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4510638 | Transfer bridge for ramps With transfer bridges for ramps having an extension capable of being extended and retracted, and tongues capable of being pushed in, in connection with a bridge plate pivotably mounted on the ramp, a drive is associated with the extension. The drive retra... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4510639 | Vehicle washing apparatus having flexible brushes A vehicle washing apparatus including overhead frame means located above the path of a vehicle to be washed, a plurality of elongate vertically disposed flexible and rotatable washing members connected with the overhead frame means arranged to wash at lea... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4510640 | Duster-polisher made of plastic film A duster-polisher having at least one pocket with or without bottom, made of plastic film, one face thereof being coated with a pressure sensitive adhesive to define a dust collecting adhesive layer, which is, in turn, protected with a back face of a poli... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4510641 | Scrubbing pad A scrubbing pad having an elongated flattened body with opposed major surfaces of different textures such as steel wool and reticulated foam. The pad has an interior pocket, accessible through a peripheral opening, which is lined with a netting of plastic... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4510642 | Combination bowling lane stripper and duster This invention relates to a manual bowling lane stripping and dusting apparatus characterized by a frame journalling three rollers spaced one behind the other for independent relative rotation in parallel relation, the rear roller comprising a clutched su... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4510643 | Vacuum floor polisher A vacuum floor polisher wherein polishing material is fed by gravity from a tank and dropped onto the floor through the center of a polishing disc which rotates the polishing material on the floor. The floor is polished by the rotating polishing disc and ... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4510644 | Fishing scaling apparatus A fish scaling means include a pair of coil spring scalers, an entry guider and a scaled fish belt conveyer. The entry guider is formed of a pair of coil springs of elliptical cross section mounted upstream of the coil spring scalers. The belt conveyer is... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4510645 | Construction of draw frames for spinning machines A draw frame for spinning machine is provided with a blocking mechanism movable into a position between the upper and lower feed rollers in the event of yarn breakage, to lift the roving from contact with the driven rollers. The blocking member is mounted... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4510646 | Device for control of conductive materials in bale-breaker machines The present invention proposes a device for control of the presence of conductive bodies or materials in bales for processing in bale-breaker machines equipped with rotating members for the take-off of fibre locks from the bales disposed in a row and also... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4510647 | Method and apparatus for controlling fiber density Method and apparatus for processing textile materials and, in particular, controlling the density of fiber in a carding system. A fiber feeder is provided which includes a blower and an oscillating plate, both of which act to compress fiber collected in t... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4510648 | Weighting device for drafting means A novel weighting device for draft rollers, in which a diaphragm is provided, as a pressing unit, above each top side roller. The diaphragms provided on a spinning frame are classified into a plurality of groups corresponding to species of rollers such as... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4510649 | Tie strip An integral tie strip formed from sheet stock for fastening elongate objects or for closure of containers. The tie including a substantially planar elongated strap having a plurality of raised portions formed on and projecting from the plane of the strap.... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4510650 | Cable clamp assembly A wire bundle or cable clamp primarily adapted for use in the aviation industry is disclosed. The clamp includes a flexible strap having a serrated portion and a strap receiving member to which the strap is mounted onto the strap receiving member and is b... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4510651 | Ratchet buckle with a removable operating lever A removable operating lever is provided for a ratchet buckle device for tightening and tensioning straps. The ratchet buckle has a bifurcated frame member with a pair of oppositely positioned parallel arms between which a reel member and ratchet wheels ar... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4510652 | Cargo restraining device A cargo restraining device having a plate with side walls and end walls and spaced-apart strap-receiving openings with an intermediate strap-supporting web between the openings for cooperatively receiving and supporting a strap threaded through the strap-... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4510653 | Method and apparatus for tying balloons and the like A method for tying balloons and the like, having apertured ends and necks, comprising the steps of: looping the neck of the balloon around a pair of movable jaws resiliently urged toward one another and defining a channel therebetween perpendicular to the... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4510654 | Holder for filter bags for preparing tea and the like A holder for filter bags for preparing tea and similar beverages. A clamping body is provided which is embodied in a manner similar to a hair clip, and has three legs which extend approximately parallel to one another. The two outer legs are preloaded rel... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4510655 | Slide fastener assembly for case or folder A slide fastener assembly, for a case or folder having a pair of outer walls and at least one intermediate wall or partition, comprises a pair of laterally spaced outer tapes carrying on their inner longitudinal edges a pair of coupling element rows and a... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4510656 | Slide fastener assembly A slide fastener assembly has a net joining structure which includes a pair of warp-knitted adapters having a number of rectangular meshes defined by a plurality of warp cords and a plurality of weft threads. Each adapter has a net transition region inclu... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4510657 | Rotating creel for a nonwoven fabric machine A yarn creel device in combination with apparatus for producing a textile web characterized by yarns extending cross-wise with respect to the length of the web is characterized by a plurality of feed bobbins fixedly mounted inside a plurality of rotating ... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4510658 | Clamping unit A clamping unit has a pair of clamping jaws movable toward each other by manually operable threaded rods to clamp a slotted hollow body such as a separable bottom stop member for a separable slide fastener on a beaded edge positioned between the clamping ... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4510659 | Method for manufacturing a vane compressor having a lightweight rotor A vane compressor is provided which has a rotor formed therein with a plurality of axial slits opening in its outer peripheral surface in a circumferentially spaced arrangement, and in each of which a vane is received, and a plurality of cavities located ... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4510660 | Method of manufacturing a two-plate heat exchanger A heat exchanger unit having opposed pan shaped sections with perimeter flanges which are folded one over the other to secure the sections together. The section having the inner flange is formed with a displaced flange portion or bead all along the perime... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4510661 | Apparatus for disassembling a universal joint Apparatus for disassembling a universal joint includes a generally U-shaped member formed of a base and a pair of arms. A drive bar is movable with respect to the arms. The drive bar is moved by rotating a bolt positioned in the base and moves generally p... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4510662 | Apparatus and a method for forming space sections in a slide fastener chain having coupling elements in the form of continuous coil The present invention concerns a slide fastener making machine designed to produce space sections of required span devoid of coupling elements at predetermined intervals in the interengaged slide fastener chain and a method for the same. The present appar... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4510663 | Method of installing multi-sections vertically acting doors Multi-sections vertically acting doors of the prior art comprise a plurality of horizontally longitudinally extending sections that are pivotably connected and including rollable engagement with longitudinally separated trackways. Such prior art doors are... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4510664 | Method of producing a packing ring In order to produce a packing ring having a stiffening ring by a method which dispenses with the use of a complicated and expensive mold, an extrusion having the desired cross-section of the packing ring and having a cavity, extending in the extrusion dir... | 04/16/1985 |
