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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4513449 | Shock absorbing athletic equipment A structure is provided which absorbs shock by the controlled transfer of air from within an enclosure to outside the enclosure. A core of open-celled foam material is provided to act as an exhaustable reservoir of air within the enclosure. This structure... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4513450 | Baseball catching means In a baseball catching means having a little-finger piece, a thumb piece and three finger pieces of which at least two finger pieces are formed as separated from each other, a connection member for connecting the little-finger piece to the thumb piece thr... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4513451 | Variable ventilation system for garments A system is described for controllably ventilating garments such as protective suits and jackets, especially garments which are worn by the occupants or operators of moving vehicles such as motorcycles, bicycles and some aircraft. Vents are provided in th... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4513452 | Heat resistant suit for use in boiler repair A method of repairing large coal fired boilers and the like using a special heat resistant suit which enables workmen to erect scaffolding in the boiler at about 1100° F. and to enter the boiler at a temperature above 150° F. to make the necessary repai... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4513453 | Pre-tied necktie Disclosed is a novel pre-tied necktie having an inner tie with one end formed as a flexible opening and zip fastener disposed therein, an outer tie containing a wide end of a conventional necktie, and a knot support with a hole near the lower end of the f... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4513454 | Zodiac designer jeans Garments, particularly designer type jeans, are provided with interchangeable outer patches, particularly in the position of the seat pocket. The garment and the portion of fabric constituting the outer patch have interengaging devices, for example, adhes... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4513455 | Vertically stacked double pocket A vertically stacked double pocket is provided on tennis shorts or the like. The pocket has an upper and lower section and an elastic band at the top of each section. The pocket is closed at the bottom and sides and open at the top of the upper section. T... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4513456 | Intraocular lens An intraocular lens device is described which includes a fixation element in the form of an elongated, resilient strut extending outwardly of the lens for contact with supportive eye structure and thence inwardly toward the lens, the strut having a free e... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4513457 | Articulated hip-joint for an artificial leg In a prosthetic hip-joint for an artificial leg a first joint member is connected to an upright shank of a two-shank fastening angle. A second joint member is pivotally connected to the first joint member by a pivot so that the second member can be pivote... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4513458 | Flow spout for liquid The present invention relates to a flow spout comprising a wide flat chamber in sheet form, in which at least one liquid inlet opens out and which is in communication with the outside by a long, narrow slot. According to the invention, the flow spout comp... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4513459 | Bleach cake in an improved bleach resistant particle retaining means An article of manufacture comprising a calcium hypochlorite cake composition in an improved particle retaining means which comprises a water-permeable polyvinyl chloride (PVC) bonded polyester (PET) filter sleeve which envelopes and supports the cake. The... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4513460 | Sofa sleeper seat support system A sofa sleeper having an improved seating surface wherein the seating surface is rigidified by having a cross brace attached between the foldable legs of the sofa sleeper fixture to move up beneath the underside of the folded matress of the sofa sleeper a... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4513461 | Sleeping bag with removable sheet A first outer panel foldable upon itself to form opposing panel portions is provided with each panel portion defining corresponding first and second transverse edges and first and second longitudinal edges. The second longitudinal edges are integrally joi... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4513462 | Therapeutic pillow A therapeutic pillow comprises a soft resilient bottom pillow section and a top pillow section thereover and peripherally interconnected. The top section includes top and bottom fabric covers peripherally interconnected with interior stitching spaced from... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4513463 | Floatation sleep system An improved floatation sleep system of universal type wherein the bladder may be readily replaced. Such system comprises a marginal perimeter support including a continuous elongated chamber. The chamber has a plurality of cells, the interior of which are... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4513464 | Method for controlling the acceleration of a centrifuging device The invention relates to centrifuging devices, and particularly to the acceleration thereof to a design speed. In order to prevent imbalance (U) of the device exceeding a permitted maximum value (Um) during acceleration, the imbalance (U) is mo... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4513465 | Stiffening girder for a stayed cable bridge A stiffening girder for a stayed cable bridge, constructed of reinforced concrete or prestressed concrete, is formed by a closed multi-cell box extending in the long direction of the bridge. The upper part of the box is a substantially horizontally extend... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4513466 | Water-powered brush A plastic housing shell has two spaced apart bosses in it and first and second shafts extend in parallelism from the bosses. A turbine rotor has a bore that fits loosely over the first shaft and has a concentric first pinion with the same oversized bore. ... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4513467 | Vehicle washing apparatus having a yieldable brush shaft coupling A car wash apparatus having an overhead supported rotatable brush which is rotatable about a generally vertical axis of rotation which utilizes an improved yieldable coupling. The yieldable coupling includes an upper support plate operably connected with ... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4513468 | Windshield wiper element An improved windshield wiper squeegee includes a convex teardrop shaped squeegee element which presents a surface of substantial radius in juxtaposition with a backing strip carrying the element. Alternative hollowed-out areas in the squeegee element enha... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4513469 | Radio controlled vacuum cleaner A remote controlled self-propelled vacuum cleaner comprising a manually held radio transmitter and a radio receiver installed in the vacuum cleaner. The vacuum cleaner is provided with a pair of freely rotating wheels driven by friction rollers on the end... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4513470 | Combined structure of hand-held cordless vacuum cleaner and flashlight A combined structure of a hand-held cordless vacuum cleaner and a flashlight comprises; a vacuum cleaner body housing therein a battery and an electric powered blower, and including switch means adapted to control power fed to said blower; a dust case; a ... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4513471 | Sweeper blower device A combined sweeper blower for sweeping and collecting waste material for use with a utility vehicle powered by the mechanical power take-off of the vehicle. A hopper with a rear opening for collecting the swept waste material is mounted pivotably upon the... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4513472 | Height adjustment mechanism A foot-operated height-adjustment mechanism for retrofit and replacement of the nozzle height-adjustment screw in an upright floor vacuum cleaner of the type characterized by having a front floor cleaning nozzle that is pivotally adjustable in height abou... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4513473 | Sealed rotary motion damper An oil type damper comprises a rotor provided with a toothed wheel and a boss, a base seat provided with a tubular part adapted to be fitted to the boss of the rotor and a shaft adapted to be inserted into the interior of the rotor, and an oil sealer elem... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4513474 | Wedge hinge having an axially movable pivot A hinge device comprising a main body in the form of a channel member, a mount pin projecting outward from the web of the main body, and a pressing plate pivoted at its one end to the inner side of one side wall of the main body and retractable into the c... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4513475 | Hinges and hinged articles A hinged article comprising a first body, a second body, a hinge interconnecting the first and second bodies and defining a hinge line and wherein the hinge includes a hinge comprising a first member mounted to the first body and arranged to pivot about a... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4513476 | Apparatus for processing poultry Eviscerated poultry is conveyed upon a shackle through a refrigerated space in a compact configuration for a time sufficient to chill birds so as to cause them to self-retain the compact configuration when delivered to a bird packaging station for packing... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4513477 | Method for removing solid particles from a pasty mass A method and apparatus for removing solid particles from a pasty mass, in particular for removing bone particles from a mass of meat particles, in which the mass is advanced through at least one slit-shaped channel defined between two walls spaced apart i... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4513478 | Crab meat extracting device A Crab Meat Extracting device 10 is provided including a base 12 and a roller support member 14 coupled to the base. The roller support member 14 is formed with a semi-circular tracking surface 16. A plurality of upwardly projecting teeth 18 are formed on... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4513479 | Apparatus for opening textile fiber bales To avoid damage to apparatus for opening textile fiber bales by foreign bodies, a fiber diverting member, against an edge of which such foreign bodies strike during opening of the fiber bales, is mounted to be pivotable out of either one of two possible p... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4513480 | Card clothing for carding flats A plurality of wire sections are lined up side by side on a carrier member. Every wire section comprises a row of teeth, a distance piece section, a web located below thereof and a foot section. A through opening is provided in the web section. The two en... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4513481 | Easily displaceable bottom tenser A bottom tenser utilized for a drafting means of a spinning frame, especially for fasciated yarn spinning, in which a fiber bundle is attenuated at a high speed exceeding 100 m/min. The bottom tenser as well as a bottom roller corresponding to the tenser ... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4513482 | Fluid-tight slide fastener stringer A fluid-tight slide fastener stringer comprising a support tape made of a fluid-tight soft material, and a row of discrete coupling elements mounted on the tape along an inner longitudinal edge portion thereof. Such tape margin is folded so as to provide ... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4513483 | Slide fastener stringer A coupling element of a slide fastener stringer has a pair of integral upper and lower coupling portions having different shapes and engagable with the lower and upper coupling portions of adjacent coupling elements on a co-operating like stringer. The up... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4513484 | Seam closure device Disclosed is a device for closing a snaplock type seam having a pair of internestable interlocking V-shaped portions. The one piece closure device is assembled astride the V-shaped portions of the two seam members and functions to force these portions lat... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4513485 | Method for splitting textile warp yarn sheets A method and apparatus are disclosed for use in the process of treating yarns which includes passing the yarns through a slashing machine (10) and applying a sizing solution to the yarns (20) arranged in side-by-side sheet form, (W), in preparation for we... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4513486 | Valve retainer for automotive valve repair A device or tool for facilitating removal of overhead automotive valves for inspection and repair of the stem and sleeves comprising a knob operated toggle mechanism which is inserted in the opening left after removal of a spark plug. The toggle mechanism... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4513487 | Seaming machine for mufflers An apparatus to manufacture the casings for mufflers, the apparatus includes a central support to receive an end plate and side wall of the casing, and a metal deforming roller brought into contact with the end plate and side wall so as to cause deformati... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4513488 | Method of fabricating a torque joint A torque joint for transmission of force in both longitudinal and circumferential direction about thin-wall tubular torque tubes is provided by overlapping an inner one of said tubes and an outer one of said tubes, inserting a mandrel having longitudinal ... | 04/30/1985 |
