An aircraft having vertical takeoff and landing capability provided with at least first and second laterally extending paddle wheels rotatable on a central axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft fuselage and between its nose and tail.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4534065 | Blanket garment wrap The disclosed invention is a blanket/comforter of the type designed to be wrapped about one's legs. In the disclosed embodiments, strips of VELCRO-type fastener material extend along the entire length of one edge, on the interior side of the blanket and i... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4534066 | Glove A glove comprises a palm portion (2) with a first finger section (5) intended for the index and a second finger section (6) intended for the middle finger, the ring finger and the little finger. The index section (5) is formed of a material piece, which b... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4534067 | Fly construction and method of forming it This invention relates to a fly structure for trousers or the like, and more particularly to a fly structure formed from flaps which are integral with the front panels of the trousers or the like. The flap forming the outer or exposed flap portion of the ... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4534068 | Shock attenuation system A shock attenuation system comprising a plurality of shock attenuating columns of a substantially resilient elastomeric material. The columns are so dimensioned and configured that, when subjected to an axial impact force of predetermined magnitude, they ... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4534069 | Intraocular lens and method of positioning the same in an eye An intraocular lens and method of positioning the same in an eye in which the lens includes a layer of material which is soluble in the eye for maintaining the position-fixation members of the lens in contracted condition during insertion thereof into the... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4534070 | Automatic toilet bowl cleaner and depletion signal A water treatment container for utilization in a tank of a toilet bowl having an upper chamber through which water may circulate; an intermediate wall separating the upper chamber from a lower chamber, the intermediate wall carrying water treatment materi... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4534071 | Automatic dispenser for disinfectant and bowl cleaning fluid An automatic dispenser for disinfectant and bowl cleaning material adapted to be suspended stationarily in the tank of a flushing bowl wherein the dispenser comprises a container with ball valve floated against the tapered interior of an upper opening in ... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4534072 | W.C. Seat for children A structure is provided to enable small children to sit safely on top of a water closet (W.C.) bowl, such structure comprising two legs between which--at a height slightly above the height of a standard W.C. bowl--there is provided a seat with an aperture... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4534073 | Toilet seat lifter A toilet seat lifting apparatus (10) mounted on a commode bowl (52) of conventional design and shown to connect with a water reservoir (53). However, the lifting apparatus is designed to be mounted on various types of toilets such as those having a pressu... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4534074 | Bathtub cushion lift stabilization An apparatus for enabling persons with impaired mobility to enter and leave a bathtub includes a water inflatable shell having a shape such that when fully inflated the shell wedges between opposed bathtub sidewalls and has a top tapering to a platform at... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4534075 | Stretcher having backrest and safety harness The invention is with respect to a stretcher for ambulances. The stretcher has a backup or retainer cushion for keeping a patient in position when acted upon by jerks or by sudden motion in the length-direction of the ambulance. The backup cushion is unit... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4534076 | Reclining radiographic wall table Reclining radiographic wall table assembly including a wall mounted rack, a wheeled bed table having floor engaging wheels mounted at one end of the table and a rack engaging member at the other for engaging the wall mounted rack, and a control mechanism ... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4534077 | Hospital bed having safety mechanism A hospital bed is provided with a safety mechanism for preventing the upper frame from moving with respect to the lower frame when an object or person is wedged therebetween. The safety mechanism includes an elongate detection device such as an air-tight,... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4534078 | Body supporting mattress A mattress employs a first plastic unit which is flat and horizontal and is provided with a peripherally disposed horizontal endless hollow tube which is inflatable. The tube, when inflated, defines a raised peripheral border surrounding and enclosing an ... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4534079 | Transportable folding bridge A folding bridge is provided with flush top and bottom chords when opened through 180° by a hinge comprising two hinge blocks pivotally interconnected by a swinging link, the rotation of each block relative to the link being limited to 90° by a stop mec... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4534080 | Chimney cleaning tool A chimney cleaning tool which is adapted to be inserted on the end of a power driven motor such as an electric drill. The tool has an attachment device carried on a remote end of an elongated shaft. Elongated multistrand steel twisted cables extend outwar... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4534081 | Tooth cleaning bristle and holder A toothbrush comprising an elongate, flexible, one-piece bristle 10 having a rounded end and textured with tooth cleansing elements 14 on the side of the bristle. A free end 18 of the bristle is thin enough to penetrate the space between the teeth and the... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4534082 | Drainage unit for aircraft sanitation systems The invention concerns a drainage unit in particular for aircraft sanitation systems. The technical problem resides in providing such a unit which is extremely simple, reliable and effective. According to the invention, this unit, which is formed by a mobile t... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4534083 | Control valve assembly A control valve for variably controlling the mixing and dispensing of two fluids and which valve has a primary valve and a slave valve interconnected to the primary valve and responsive to one of the fluids to actuate the primary and slave valves to eithe... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4534084 | Meat stuffing apparatus An improved apparatus and arrangement is disclosed which is adopted for the automatic encasement of chunk, sectioned and formed meat products. More particularly, the improved apparatus and arrangement of the instant invention provides for automatically st... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4534085 | Fish filleting system A fish filleting machine for cutting and separating fish fillets from the central bone section with band saw blades. The machine is designed to require a minimum of non-automatic adjustment in order for the cutter to follow the shape of the hard spinal bo... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4534086 | Apparatus for making fibrous webs A fibrous feed web is delivered by a feeder to tooth-carrying carding drums, which rotate at a surface velocity which causes the fibers to flow off under centrifugal force to fly onto a continuously moving, air-permeable collecting surface, which is subje... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4534087 | Adjustable buckle An adjustable buckle having elements for fixing to respective opposed flaps of a garment with a cover formed to engage one element and in pulling the respective flap of the one element over the respective flap of the second element to engage the second el... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4534088 | Hole plug A plug for closing an opening or hole in a panel, plate or wall, comprising a head portion and a shank portion. The head portion has a peripheral flange forming an internal groove in which is disposed the edge of an annular base portion of the shank porti... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4534089 | Fastening device for flexible sheets A pair of cooperating resilient clamping heads of a fastener, removeably clamp edge portions of flexible sheets together, the clamping heads being themselves integrally joined together by a flexible strap. The inner surface of one head is provided with a ... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4534090 | Releasable clasp A releasable clasp having a female receiving member and a male insert member, the female receiving member including an elongated internal passageway which extends from one end thereof and has opposed retaining slots therein. The male insert member include... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4534091 | Battery grid and method of making same An expanded metal battery grid and process for making same which grid has a supporting border comprising a thermoplastic ribbon folded lengthwise around the grid's edge and ultrasonically bonded to itself through interstices in the grid.... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4534092 | Apparatus for joining lengths of metal strip A joint between the overlapped ends of two metal strips comprising strip portions defined by parallel straight longitudinal slits cut through the thickness of both strips, adjacent strip portions being deflected in opposite directions to define a transver... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4534093 | Beo-type machining system An automatic numerically controlled machine tool or "bed machining center" presents a tool carrying spindle rotating in a vertically movable head sliding on a forwardly and rearwardly movable column, for cutting tool engagement with a workpiece clamped on... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4534094 | Method of making an ink roller assembly with capillary ink supply An ink applying sleeve of resilient micro-porous ink retaining material is confined between a pair of circular flanges mounted on a connecting support hub. A cylindrical ink retaining unit is also mounted on the center hub and is confined between the flan... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4534095 | Cage for rolling bearings In a cage for rolling bearings, the material of the webs is forced into the cage pockets on the outer surface of the cage, to hold the rolling bodies from falling out of the pockets radially outwardly of the cage. The material of the webs is also formed t... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4534096 | Valve seat with trapped O-ring A valve seat (28) having a generally saddle-shaped, eccentric surface (52); a groove (50) of constant depth and width formed in the eccentric surface, having sidewalls (70) perpendicular to the eccentric surface and a base (72) parallel to the eccentric s... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4534097 | Method of making a police restraint device A police restraint device utilizing the principle of the second class lever and method of making the device, the device in its disclosed form comprising a presently preferred arm clamp having two rigid elongated handles or sticks, adapted to be held and m... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4534098 | Apparatus for applying assembled connector terminals and the like to a plurality of leads Apparatus for applying connector terminals to a plurality of leads including tensioning means capable of individually tensioning the leads with a predetermined tension, while being gripped and advanced by clamping means for advancing the leads into a term... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4534099 | Method of making multilayer photoelectrodes and photovoltaic cells A corrosion-resistant, multilayer photoelectrode for use in a photoelectrochemical cell and a process for producing said photoelectrode by preparing an effective layer of an insulator material on a base semiconductor and depositing a layer of conducting m... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4534100 | Electrical method of making conductive paths in silicon A method of forming an electrical conductive path between parallel surfaces of a substrate is disclosed wherein a pulsed voltage, non-current limited, power supply causes aluminum to electromigrate between at least two opposing points to form an alloy wit... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4534101 | Method of installing self-locking nut and bolt assembly A method for installing a locking nut or bolt includes drilling a bore having at least two diameters in a surface of an element so as to accommodate a fastener assembly having a threaded shaft and a group of elements including a cylinder a locking ring, t... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4534102 | Method of making polymeric belt cutting apparatus A belt cutting apparatus and method of making same are provided for cutting a non-contoured and cured polymeric belt sleeve to define an endless power transmission belt construction having at least one pair of opposed non-parallel side portions wherein su... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4534103 | Method of making self-aligned metal gate field effect transistors A metal gate field effect transistor has its source and drain located on one major surface of a gallium arsenide layer, while its gate electrode forms a Schottky barrier contact to an opposed major surface of the layer in a self-aligned relationship to th... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4534104 | Mixed dielectric process and nonvolatile memory device fabricated thereby A process for fabricating volatile and nonvolatile field effect devices on a common semiconductor wafer, and a unique composite structure for a nonvolatile memory device fabricated according to the process. A distinct feature of the process is the elimina... | 08/13/1985 |