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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4538301 | Protective device To protect a body sensitive to impact or pressure, e.g. the backbone of a two-wheeled vehicle rider or of an athlete, several, at least partially uniform, essentially compression-resistant elements (1; 1a-1d; 1'), expediently in the form of blocks or loop... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4538302 | Snap cravet necktie and knot form A one-piece, neck-encircling long necktie having a know form and snap means comprising a single piece of synthetic perma-press, one-way stretchable fabric having a single seam centered in the backside of the tie and having its ends formed from three-layer... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4538303 | Protective helmet A protective helmet, e.g. a motorcycle helmet has a chinpiece below its visor which defines an air passage with a member behind this chinpiece, permitting air to flow from an opening in this chinpiece uniformly over the interior of a visor to prevent fogg... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4538304 | Bone implant An improved bone implant for securing artificial teeth to a jaw bone. The implant includes a body plate having an outer end and an inner end and two broadsides, each of which is formed with transversely spaced apart elongated depressions which are transve... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4538305 | Articulated prosthesis A prosthesis for the knee joint has a tibial component and a femoral component. No mechanical connection exists between these components. The tibial component includes a shaft which carries a platform and is received in the cavity of the tibia so as to po... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4538306 | Implantable elbow joint An implantable elbow joint for connecting the upper arm and the forearm includes an axially extending sleeve of C-shape transverse cross-section, a cylindrical member engageable within the sleeve, and a connecting member implantable in the ulna and engage... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4538307 | Flood level sensor for fluid filling systems An improved flood level sensor has an upstanding, vented tube extending above and outside a receptacle while maintaining fluid communication with an enclosed rim of the receptacle. A partial vacuum is communicated to an orifice which is located within the... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4538308 | Convertible furniture A piece of furniture which is convertible to a bed, a sofa or couch, a recliner, a sick bed or a day bed for convalescents and which utilizes the geometry of its component parts to facilitate conversion from one mode, e.g., sofa, to another mode, e.g., be... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4538309 | Portable playpen A portable playpen embodies a disassemblable base frame having elongated upright members connected thereto and defining upstanding corner posts for a rectangular enclosure in the form of a one piece fabric unit having rectangular panels defining a box-lik... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4538310 | Apparatus for comforting an infant An apparatus for comforting an infant. The apparatus includes a body portion which carries a pair of arms that are movable from an open position to a closed position where the arms can embrace an infant. A mechanism is incorporated in at least one of the ... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4538311 | Self-sealing puncturable article Flexible self-sealing sheeting comprises a flexible, puncturable sheet of cloth or polymeric material, a layer of a self-adhering, water-resistant polyurethane sealing material, and an anti-tack barrier. The sheeting can be used to form a waterbed mattres... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4538312 | Playpen pad cover There is disclosed is a reversible fitted playpen pad cover including an upper panel having a rectangular area which is the same as the area of the floor of the playpen; a lower panel having the same area and shape as the upper panel in which the lower pa... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4538313 | Method of forming a joined pair of wedge-action lock washers A method of forming a joined pair fo wedge-action-type lock washers, wherein each lock washer has a cam surface and an oppositely disposed friction surface, the pair of washers being arranged so that their cam surfaces are installed in a juxtaposed face-t... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4538314 | Boarding ramp A removable and adjustable ramp for aiding an animal or human into a small boat from water in which the boat is floating comprising an inclined planar member removably attached to the vertical wall portion of a small boat and extending into the water with... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4538315 | Dental hygiene apparatus having a plurality of rotating brushes A dental hygiene apparatus having five incurvated, flexible, rotating brushes mounted in a H-shaped arrangement on a housing which comprises an open brush holder portion matching with two opposed half dental arches and consists of an outer cheek-guard and... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4538316 | Pipe cleaning equipment The cleaning equipment has at least one cleaning unit and a propelling unit in hinged connection. The cleaning unit has cutting arms pivoted in a head. By means of a compact design of the cleaning unit or units with an axial length of the cutting arms sub... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4538317 | Chimney cleaning apparatus A chimney cleaning device includes a brush support housing mounted on top of the chimney, and a roller assembly at the base of the chimney for reciprocating the brush in the chimney flue. The brush support housing includes a hood for suspending the brush ... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4538318 | Push broom assembly An improved push broom assembly is disclosed which includes a shroud portion retaining a plurality of bristles thereon and a neck portion angularly protruding from a face of the shroud portion opposite to that which retains the bristles thereon. The neck ... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4538319 | Roller brush for sweeping machines A roller brush comprises a central tube and a plurality of uniformly distributed axial light-metal sections removably clamped against each other and against the tube by means of wedges. Axial bristle bars with bristle bundles are arranged between the oute... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4538320 | Scraper with mitt A device for removing snow and ice from a vehicle windshield and windows comprising a rigid, elongate handle having at one end a beveled edge and at the other end a handgrip and a mitt disposed about the handle and secured thereto at a position to cover t... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4538321 | Apparatus for removing excess developer particles on the surface of a recording element The invention relates to a device that permits removal of excess developer particles on the surface of a recording element and comprises a suction conduit (22) having at one end a port (23) in the form of a slot and at its other end a cylindrical chamber ... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4538322 | Attachment nozzle for a vacuum cleaning system The invention is directed to an attachment nozzle for a vacuum cleaning system such as a vacuum cleaner or the like which includes a rotating brush. A modular step-up gear transmission is interposed between the brush and the air turbine which runs in the ... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4538323 | Bearing supported truck assembly for sliding door There is disclosed a truck assembly which is movable along a track and adapted to support a door panel, or the like, for corresponding movement. The truck assembly comprises wheel members mounted to a pair of axles. The axle are in turn supported by a car... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4538324 | Apparatus for separating meat from bones An apparatus for severing the meat adhering on bones from these bones, in particular for poultry parts such as carcasses of chickens or turkeys, has a press comprising a press cavity into which the mass of meat and bones is introduced between a press pist... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4538325 | Gizzard harvesting machine A system for processing a gizzard with the viscera attached where the viscera is conveyed along a poultry processing line by conveying means including adjusting means for adjusting the viscera to a predetermined length while the viscera is conveyed by the... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4538326 | Process and apparatus for automated manufacture of link sausages having casings formed of synthetic tubular material A method for producing link sausages wherein a casing is moistened just prior to shirring, shirred, transferred while in moistened condition to a stuffing tube, stuffed and linked.... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4538327 | Separating and cleaning device for shellfish A machine for cleaning and sorting shellfish into a predetermined range includes an inner drum connected to a central shaft and formed with a plurality of relatively large openings dimensioned to allow shellfish falling within the predetermined range to p... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4538328 | Device for interrupting feed of a roving to a drawing frame A device for interrupting feed of a roving on a drawing frame, having a feed roller pair, e.g., a powered bottom roller and a top roller tensioned against the bottom roller by springs, includes a clamp for lifting the top roller away from the bottom rolle... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4538329 | Draft device A draft device for a spinning machine comprises a plurality of pairs of a top roller and a bottom roller, a draft cradle for supporting shafts of the top roller and a belt tenser. Top roller shafts are supported by a top roller support which is rotatably ... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4538330 | Venetian blind assembly apparatus Precut and punched fully formed slats for a venetian blind are mounted upside down in a stack on a slat magazine cradle disposed below the assembly station of a venetian blind assembly apparatus, and are picked up, one at a time, by a suction cup and fed ... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4538331 | Method of manufacturing an integral bladed turbine disk The disclosure relates to a turbine rotor and method of manufacture thereof. A plurality of blades having dovetails at the radially inner ends thereof are arranged in a circumferentially spaced circular array. A metallic hub is cast about the dovetails of... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4538332 | Method for threading spokes on a spoke wheel hub The invention relates to a brake support (2) holding a hub (3) in a substantially horizontal position, a positioning head (12) and spoke feed and guide members (40,42,44,46). The position of the holes of the hub is detected by a positioning needle (9), lo... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4538333 | Apparatus for assembling two telescoping parts, of which at least one has a radially directed projection An installation for assembling two parts adapted to be telescoped one into the other, of which at least one part has a radially directed projection which, during assembly of the parts, engages into a correspondingly constructed recess of the other part, w... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4538334 | Seam folding machine A jointing machine for the folding of seams in manufacturing of seamed metal sheets made of segments of metal sheets is disclosed, wherein the machine includes a locking wheel pivotably positioned in a recess of a resiliently disposed locking wheel carria... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4538335 | Embroidery frame press An embroidery frame press is provided having a plunger which is operated by a foot pedal for forming frames of cloth or other material for embroidering, stitching or other work. An inner frame is spring mounted on the plunger head which is directed to a b... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4538336 | Method of providing infinitely adjustable eccentric motion from a rotary motion This invention is a method and apparatus for quickly and infinitely adjusting the degree of eccentricity of a rotating member wherein a first rotating member is provided with interlocking means to a second member carrying means to rotate at an adjustable ... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4538337 | Method of mechanically prestressing a tubular apparatus A method of prestressing a tubular apparatus having coaxial inner and outer metal tubes which are connected to each other at axially spaced locations. After the inner and outer tubes are connected to each other so that the tubular apparatus may be heat-tr... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4538338 | Method for manufacturing a furnace heat exchanger and plate assembly A furnace heat exchanger and support plate assembly are joined together by a cooperating oval rim defining an opening in the heat exchanger and an opening formed by a mating flange on a partition plate and extending perpendicular to the plane of the plate... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4538339 | Method of making a sucker rod assembly A sucker rod assembly is disclosed for use in oil well pumping apparatus. The assembly comprises a rod with roll-formed threads on the end thereof and a rod-end fitting with a threaded socket for receiving the threaded rod. An unthreaded portion on the ou... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4538340 | Method of clamping a sink bowl to a counter top A clamp in the form of a generally L-shaped bracket or clip made preferably of a single stamping of spring steel or like material and provided with a threaded member, threading through the base of the bracket or clip. The top of the bracket or clip is pro... | 09/03/1985 |
