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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4523333 | Disposable bib having tape-tab fastener A disposable bib of flexible sheet material having a neck-accommodating aperture, a predetermined line-of-parting which extends from the edge of the aperture to an adjacent outer edge of the bib, and a tape-tab fastener having pressure sensitive adhesive ... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4523334 | Disposable bib having fibrous topsheet wherein mother's-bond zone is impregnated with bonding material A disposable bib having a fibrous topsheet and a tape-tab fastener wherein a predetermined mother's-bond zone of the topsheet is sufficiently impregnated with a bonding material such as a non-pressure sensitive bonding material to enable the mother's-bond... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4523335 | Surgical gown A surgical gown is disclosed in which the main body of the gown is fan folded around transversely extending fold lines. The sleeves of the gown are inserted between the lowermost fold or bottom fold in the gown and the next adjacent fold. The donning of t... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4523336 | Method for manufacture of sleeved garments outside out A method for the continuous manufacture of sleeved garments from webs and pre-manufactured sleeves, which garments are manufactured in an outside out condition. The method entails assembling continuous webs and pre-manufactured sleeves and joining such co... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4523337 | Contoured apparel Apparel adapted to cover the lower portion of the human torso includes a contoured waistband portion having opposed sides which extend adjacent to or slightly above the upper edges of the hip bones and extend generally across the lower back and the lower ... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4523338 | Demountable joint A joint for demountably clamping a tubular member into a main bore in a socket comprises an auxiliary bore directed perpendicular to the axis of the main bore and intersecting it over a small arc and first and second collets that fit in the auxiliary bore... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4523339 | Sink drain valve In a kitchen sink, it is known to have a drain plug at the bottom of the sink; it is unpleasant to remove this plug when the sink is full of liquid. In this invention, a sliding valve controls the flow of liquid from the sink within the sink drain tube. A... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4523340 | Means providing moving water stream ejecting into spa tank In a spa tank, a flexible exhaust water tube pivoting in a vertical plane exhausting a massaging water stream on the back of the user. The assembly is adjustable to govern rate of whipping of the exhaust tube and nozzle. The nozzle is buoyant and adds air... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4523341 | Bathing cabinet with transporter cart A bathing system for ambulatory or non-ambulatory patients that includes a bathing cabinet with associated showering plumbing and a patient transporter cart that is moveable into and out of the cabinet, eliminating bodily transfer of the patient into and ... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4523342 | Folding bed frame structure for sofa beds or the like A folding sofa bed frame structure including four bed sections pivotally connected end-to-end and an operatively associated linkage arrangement by which the bed sections are mounted and which controls their relative movement between a retracted, folded po... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4523343 | Buoyant fiber product used in improved waterbed float with hanging baffle Hydraulic chambers for attenuation of wave motion within waterbed mattresses are buoyed by unencapsulated material made by binding expanded foam beads to a garnetted fiber matrix.... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4523344 | Independent block assembly of springs A spring assembly is provided including a plurality of interconnected longitudinal blocks of pocketed coil springs. Each block includes a pair of interconnected strips of pocketed springs which are preferably arranged in a square array. Each pair of strip... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4523345 | Last with a replaceable tip A last structure includes a main body portion and a plurality of toe portions selectively joinable thereto. A plurality of interchangeable intermediate members are adapted to be selectively connected between the main body portion and a selected toe portio... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4523346 | Method and device for the manufacture of footwear The disclosure relates to the manufacture of footwear with direct molded elastomeric soles wherein the last is built up in the center region to provide a sole which appears thick externally, yet is thin and relatively lightweight in its center region. The... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4523347 | Disposable floor mop In a preferred embodiment, a disposable mop has two sets of paper sheets of water-absorbent qualities separated by a water-impervious plastic sheet, one of the sets being impregnated with a detergent such that when wet or moistened with water is suitable ... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4523348 | Nurse's mitt Disclosed is a nurse's mitt for washing purposes having similarly configured palm and back portions joined together at their common tops and sides, having an elastic wrist portion for retention on the wrist and having elastic finger loops on the interior ... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4523349 | Crab meat extractor and method of extraction In a preferred embodiment, for a method of extracting crab meat from the under-shell once the top shell is removed and after washing, the meat-containing under-shell is fed into the bite of pincher rolls after first adjusting the parallel axes of the pinc... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4523350 | Carder for manufacturing non-woven, formed fabric from fibrous substances Carder for manufacturing non-woven formed fabric from fibrous substances comprising a plurality of principal rollers and workers and clearers working with said principal rollers, comprising a draw-in roller (1) and a licker-in (2) running in the same dire... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4523351 | Fiber lap producing apparatus with lap width varying device An apparatus for producing a fiber lap includes a generally vertically oriented feed chute in which fiber tufts are introduced at the top and from which a fiber lap is discharged at the bottom. There is provided a movable wall element for varying an effec... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4523352 | Hose clip A hose clip which can be tightened without a screw has an elongated band with a first end section which is formed with a closed slot for threading of the second end section therethrough. The end portion of the first end section has a pallet which engages ... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4523353 | Small ice packs and method of manufacturing the same The specification discloses a refillable sanitary ice pack (10) for single patient use. The ice pack takes the form of a generally rectangular envelope (12) having two sides (14, 16), an open end (18) and a closed end (20). Two pairs of tie strings (22, 2... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4523354 | Clip for sheet material A clip which can rapidly grip sheets such as clerical documents and which can also release them separately as required, includes a back unit bent to an approximately U-shaped form having two shafts extending symmetrically, a back unit formed of two crossi... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4523355 | Fitting for joining an elongate body to a support A fitting for connecting an elongate body such as a cable (19) to a support having a mounting post (11) with a transverse hole (20) adjacent its free end, the fitting comprising a generally U-shaped component formed from a number of strands of wire twiste... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4523356 | Ball clutch mechanism with two sets of balls in separate radial planes A ball clutch mechanism for restraining a pin from longitudinal movement, including an anvil, a radially symmetrical cup, a spring and two two-ball sets of uniformly dimensioned balls. The anvil has an axial bore for axially receiving the pin. The cup has... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4523357 | Hook assembly A hook assembly for suspending a bag or other member from an overhead support, such as a tree limb in a safe manner and with the use of only one hand, includes a hook and a hood adapted to slide up and down the shank of the hook. The hood serves as an umb... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4523358 | Stamped casket A casket having a base or body produced by a single press of a forming stamp, and a top or cap also formed by a single press of a forming stamp. The base or body may be formed by the same tooling as the top or cap reducing the equipment necessary, time of... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4523359 | Machine with an intermittently rotating table for the preformance of work operations A machine has an intermittently rotating table for holding parts to be worked on or assembled. Operating units (20, 21, 25) are actuable either simultaneously for all units or groups of units, or independently of one another. The operating units can be mo... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4523360 | Piece-holder table revolving intermittently in machine tools A table (1) revolving intermittently and carrying on its periphery piece-holder grips, has central openings (11), which make possible the discharge of working shavings and wastes at the center of the table itself (arrow 12) and not at the periphery (arrow... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4523361 | Portable surface processing apparatus A portable surface processing apparatus which has two rotors (R1, R2) fitted with blades driven in opposite directions by a motor (M). The reaction forces arising in the processing therefore mutually cancel each other.... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4523362 | Method of making a roller bearing assembly A protrusion is formed on the free end of an axially extending lip of an outer race member. The free end of the protrusion is axially and radially spaced from the free end of the remaining part of the axially in-turned lip to permit the passing of a reduc... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4523363 | Bush mounting equipment with lubricating oil applying mechanism A bush mounting equipment with an automatic lubricating oil applying mechanism has a guide holder having a tapered hole, the reduced-diameter portion of which has a diameter equal to the diameter of a bush mounting hole of a work. A lubricating oil feed g... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4523364 | High speed production of multiple gauge strip An apparatus and method for high speed production of a multiple gauge metal strip product having a configuration with a transverse variable thickness are described. A milling machine cuts away at least approximately 75% of the total volume of metal to be ... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4523365 | Method of manufacturing bearing blocks A method of manufacturing a bearing block comprises flame spraying a light alloy layer on to the outside of an antifriction alloy bush, to build up the block to required outer dimensions. The outside of the block may be finish machined after the flame spr... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4523366 | Automated pipet plugging machine Pipets of virtually any size are delivered automatically and continuously with the assistance of gravity to an intermittent rotary transport mechanism which carries each pipet separately to a plugging station. At the plugging station, each pipet is engage... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4523367 | Locking device for tools in tool magazines Locking device for releasably securing tools or tool holders provided on their circumference with opposed recesses, in tool pockets open at one side, along an edge of a movable magazine means, more particularly, a rotatable magazine disc for a machine too... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4523368 | Semiconductor devices and manufacturing methods A field effect device having a gate over a portion of a surface of a semiconductor disposed between a source region and a drain region and including a buried doped region having a conductivity type opposite the conductivity type of the semiconductor forme... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4523369 | Method for manufacturing a semiconductor device The invention provides a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, having the steps of: forming a first mask member which has an opening to expose a desired portion of one major surface of a semiconductor substrate; doping an impurity which has the... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4523370 | Process for fabricating a bipolar transistor with a thin base and an abrupt base-collector junction A process for fabricating a bipolar transistor with a thin base and an abrupt base-collector junction includes the steps of depositing a thin layer of polycrystalline or amorphous silicon base material in a single crystal collector region, while in-situ d... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4523371 | Method of fabricating a resin mold type semiconductor device A resin mold type semiconductor device comprising molded articles for sealing, each consisting of a resin material and having a gap portion thereinside; a semiconductor element positioned in said gap portion inside said molded article for sealing, said se... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4523372 | Process for fabricating semiconductor device A process is disclosed for fabricating semiconductor devices, and especially for fabricating semiconductor devices having multiple levels of metallization separated by polyimide or other organic materials. The process avoids the sputter etching and redepo... | 06/18/1985 |
