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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4525875 | Chest protector with rigid plates An improved chest protector including additional protection to the sternum area of an athlete's chest. The additional protection is provided by relatively rigid plates bonded to the conventional shock-absorbing chest protector material on the side opposit... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4525876 | Welder's helmet A welder's helmet including a helmet portion, a filter support portion, a filter portion and a filter actuating portion; the helmet portion including a shield section, a head band section connected to the shield section, a viewing opening in the shield se... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4525877 | Sports glove Disclosed is an improved sports glove, for use in a game such as racquetball, having a front portion comprised of a strong, substantially inextensible material such as leather, and a rear portion made from a perspiration absorbing material, such as terry ... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4525878 | Musical hat, cap or similar head covering A musical hat, cap or similar head covering is disclosed, having a visor portion with a compartment formed therein near the frontal portion of the visor. A musical device is disposed in the compartment and includes a switch for activating the musical devi... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4525879 | Belts with concealed pockets A fashionable ladies belt intended for wearing on the outside of the clothing has relatively wide side and rear portions and a narrow closure portion, which may be tied, buckled or otherwise fastened. A pocket is constructed on the inside of the belt so t... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4525880 | Portable auxiliary toilet seat A portable and foldable toilet seat is disclosed which comprises a thin shell having curved edges which snugly fits over the top of a permanent toilet seat to prevent slippage and includes a stack of disposable liners within said shell. After use, the lin... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4525881 | Hydrotherapy system for tubs, spas or pools A hydrotherapy system is described in which a movable nozzle with a fluid inlet and outlet pivots about a center point enabling the outlet to be pointed in different directions. A water stream flows toward the passage in the nozzle. The system contains an... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4525882 | Bath-tub tray A bath-tub tray has arranged on the inner surfaces of its longitudinally extending walls (3,4) grooves (e.g. 11,12) intended to receive a clamping plate (19), having a lower part (21) arranged to be inserted through a slot (17) in the bottom (2) of the tr... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4525883 | Convertible bed A full size bed is provided convertible to a crib to allow the child full range of movement including a frame with vertical cavities in each member of the frame into which vertical bars are inserted to fix guard rails around the periphery of the bed with ... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4525884 | Sun beds This invention relates to sun beds. In the described embodiment the bed has an elongate base (1) which is generally flat but has a rim (2) of inverted U-form. The base (1) is covered by a dome (4). The base (1) has a frame with a plurality of vents (11), ... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4525885 | Support appliance for mounting on a standard hospital bed A support appliance is provided with a base structure comprising a plurality of hinged base boards arranged to be mounted on a standard hospital bed and providing a continuous, firm, base underlying a plurality of inflatable patient supporting air sacs to... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4525886 | Body support adapted to differing volume to weight ratios A body support comprising one or more flexible containers and a plurality of load transmitting elements which have contact surfaces the area of which at a number of elements differs from the area of other elements to obtain an adaptation to the differing ... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4525887 | Counterbalancing mechanism for the ramp of a dockboard An improved counterbalancing mechanism for the ramp of a dockboard. The ramp is hinged at its rear edge to the frame of the dockboard and is adapted to be pivoted between a generally downwardly inclined position and an upward inclined position by a counte... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4525888 | Maintaining constant pick-up broom pattern An overcenter, spring loaded linkage is disclosed for applying a lifting force to a pick-up broom of a street sweeper when the broom is new and heavy, and for applying a downward pressure on the broom when the broom is worn and light in weight. The linkag... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4525889 | Paint brush holder A paint brush holder and length extender including a block supported on a pole. The block includes an opening at its upper end which receives a resilient spring clip adapted to hold one of a variety of different sized paint brushes at a distance from the ... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4525890 | Paintbrush embedment compound and paintbrush construction and method embodying same An embedment compound for a paintbrush or the like, together with a paintbrush construction and method of manufacture embodying the improved embedment compound. The embedment compound is a polyurethane composition having a crosslink density sufficient to ... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4525891 | Windscreen wiper system A windscreen wiper system, designed in particular for road vehicles, providing a non-circular path of any one of the points of at least one windscreen wiper blade and comprising a shaft having an alternating rotational movement which drives a main guide a... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4525892 | Pail cover having mopwringer This invention relates to a mop and pail accessory which is a removable pail cover. The pail cover has a circular 360° lip; a large semicircular opening within the circular lip; a basket wringer disposed opposite the large, semicircular opening; a reinfo... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4525893 | Curtain runner A curtain runner suited for use with a curtain box comprising a body containing a top wall, side walls, and a bottom wall, a sleeve fitted in a vertical bore of the bottom wall, and a rod fitted in the center hole of the sleeve. The sleeve is formed with ... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4525894 | Handle for a single-control mixer valve and the like A handle for a single-control mixer valve, having an outer control lever and an inner actuating lever connected together by an inner connection member fastened to the inner actuating lever and provided with a threaded bore. A cap is mounted onto the conne... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4525895 | Article for use in automatically and continuously making stuffed casing products A magazine for containing a plurality of flattening discs which can be introduced over a stuffing horn and into a casing during the stuffing thereof to produce a stuffed casing product having two substantially flat ends. The magazine is loaded with a plur... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4525896 | Pork shoulder or ham slasher apparatus An apparatus for slashing meat includes a support frame having a conveyor mounted thereon and comprised of endless conveyor elements arranged in side-by-side relation. Upper and lower blade assemblies are mounted on the support frame, and each is comprise... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4525897 | Filament drawing frame with variable roller-pair spacing A filament drawing apparatus has a support, at least two pairs of rollers spaced apart on the support in a travel direction so that a filament to be drawn passes in the direction between the rollers of both pairs, and a drive having at least two output sh... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4525898 | Inverted tee cross section clip An improved U-shaped clip of uniform cross section for attachment as a closure includes opposed legs and a connecting crown. The improvement particularly relates to the inverted T-shaped cross sectional shape of the clip.... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4525899 | Paper fastener A fastener for paper and the like is integrally molded of a plastic material and comprises hingedly interconnected first and second plate members, each having a mating surface thereon, and a wedge-shaped prong which extends from the mating surface of the ... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4525900 | Tensioning device, especially for lashing chains A tensioning device, especially for lashing chains. The device includes a tightening, tensioning or adjusting nut with which at least one tensioning spindle can be shifted, which is provided with a link member at the end thereof. An actuating element is n... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4525901 | Buckle having improved web securement A buckle for securing the free end of a web or band is provided with a cross-member of generally triangular cross-section having rounded corners and slightly curved sides, and being oriented to an upper surface having a sharp angle so that one corner of t... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4525902 | Method and means for attaching insulation to a mold Novel method and means for securely attaching a liner of insulation boarding to the mold cap of a two-piece ingot mold, in order that the ingot mold will be capable of producing substantially void-free ingots.... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4525903 | Slider for slide fastener A slide fastener slider has an arch-shaped lug projecting from the front end of an upper wing over the top surface of the upper wing toward the rear end thereof and terminating in a bent free end directed toward the upper wing's top surface and spaced apa... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4525904 | RF gasket retainer clip A one-piece, snap-in fastener is provided for securing an elongate compressible gasket of given cross-sectional configuration to a panel having an elongate aperture into which the snap-in fastener is secured. The snap-in fastener comprises a bight portion... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4525905 | Apparatus for beaming elastic threads The arrangement can transfer with respect to a beam, elastic threads having a predetermined initial extension. The arrangement has a first device for imparting a first thread speed to the threads being transferred. Also included is a controller and at lea... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4525906 | Device for drawing warp threads into readied heddles and drop wires Several draw-in needles are arranged in parallel in a warp thread draw-in device. The draw-in needles can be coupled selectively individually or in combination to an advanceable carriage. When the carriage is advanced, only the selected and coupled draw-i... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4525907 | Device for assembling blinds A device for assembling the blinds comprising a supporter to which a plurality of the bridges are provided, one pair of which comprising movable and stational ones for receivably sandwiching slat. The device further has a plurality of triangle guide members, e... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4525908 | Manually operable universal key code cutting device The device includes a base plate, a longitudinally slidable key vise carriage on the base plate, and an overhead support for a manually operable key file. The various components cooperate in such a manner as to permit adjustments in the successive spacing... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4525909 | Roller for screen tensioning and printing frame A screen tensioning and printing frame includes sets of parallel rollers coupled at their ends to corner members. Each roller has a longitudinally extending peripheral fabric locking groove defined in part by straight surfaces which converge outwardly. Ad... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4525910 | Resilient tipped needle valve A needle valve is formed by molding a resilient tip to a rigid body having a tip receiving cylindrical portion or barrel which includes tip retaining means for securing the resilient tip thereto. The tip is then ground until the outer edge of the barrel i... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4525911 | Method and apparatus for attaching blades to rotating structures A method and apparatus for attaching blades to a rotating structure where the blades are clamped by blocks at the leading and trailing edges then to an intermediary member which is attached to the rotating structure.... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4525912 | Pierce nut and a back-up die used in combination therewith A pierce nut has a plurality of projections which are integrally formed with a cylindrical body of the pierce nut. When the pierce nut is pressed against a metal sheet laid on a back-up die, an opening is formed in the metal sheet only by shearing force b... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4525913 | Chain replacement apparatus Apparatus for use in replacing a mounted endless chain which connects a pair of sprockets, where one of the sprockets has an exposed portion facing away from the other sprocket. The apparatus includes a holder and a pair of spaced, confronting chain-abutm... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4525914 | Method and apparatus for replacing bearings A method and apparatus are provided for replacing the bearing between the sampson post and the walking beam of an oil well pump. The walking beam and the pitman arms are securely fastened together to prevent relative movement therebetween. The head portio... | 07/02/1985 |
