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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4539713 | Chin operated shield and welding hood An improved welding hood with a chin operated face shield provides hood stability, adjustability, ease of use, long life, an ability to hook the viewing window shield open, and positive closing of the shield otherwise. A linkage from the chin of the opera... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4539714 | Heat conductive clothing material particularly useful in the field of thermal garments The heat conductive laminated clothing material comprises a ply or layered structure defining an inner face or lining opposing an outer face exposed to the environment surrounding it, as well as solar energy collectors associated with the outer face to pi... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4539715 | Size adjustable helmet A helmet having a front shell and a rear shell movable with respect to each other. Portions of the two shells overlap each other and present mating surfaces which can engage to retain the shells in a given overlapping position and can disengage to allow t... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4539716 | Fabrication of living blood vessels and glandular tissues A method and apparatus for producing a vessel-equivalent prosthesis is described. A contractile agent such as fibroblast cells, smooth muscle cells or platelets is incorporated into a collagen lattice and contracts the lattice axially around an inner core... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4539717 | Submergible self-priming dispenser This invention provides a submersible self-priming dispenser of measured doses of toilet tank additive in which the additives are solid products which will dissolve in water. It dispenses a measured amount of the water soluble additive each time the tank ... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4539718 | Drainpipe strainer A drainpipe straining device can be attached either through an existing cleanout hole within the drainpipe or can be releasably secured to the drainpipe through a radial hole formed in the pipe. The device includes a plug member having substantially axial... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4539719 | Pneumatic surf wave production for pools Method and apparatus for creating in a water pool a wave for surfing, the pool having a reservoir at one end open to the pool beneath the undisturbed water level of the pool, a fan connected to the reservoir for expelling air from it and drawing water fro... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4539720 | Portable personal stall shower A lightweight portable shower foldable into a backpack for campers or the like. A pliable water storage bag lies on a floor unit that also supports a vertical, sectioned, standpipe having a valved showerhead at the top. An annular curtain rod is held in a... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4539721 | Free-standing shower A free-standing shower permits remote drain discharge, having a shower cabinet with wall structure defining a peripheral base edge fitted upon or interengaged with a base extension formed of identical, interlocked members. A lightweight, foam material sub... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4539722 | Sofa-bed-dining table combination A expandable mobile house trailer which includes a relatively rigid main body portion having a floor structure and opposite pairs of vertical side and end walls thereabout. Two parallel arch beam supports are located inside of the main body portion. Each ... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4539723 | Auxiliary mattress corners This invention relates to an accessory article for those liquid filled bed mattresses that are commonly marketed as "Waterbeds" and/or "Water Beds". Installation to said type beds provides a rigid "auxiliary mattress corner" to which mattress cover and fi... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4539724 | Method for continuously treating staple length textile fibrous materials Method and apparatus for treating continuously moving staple length textile fibrous materials to uniformly apply a liquid treating composition, such as a dye or other chemical thereto, wherein loose staple fibers are temporarily formulated into a web for ... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4539725 | Apparatus for cleaning furnace walls An improved and simplified device for removal of deposits on furnace walls is disclosed which can be operated by a single individual. The device is characterized by rotating scrapers driven by internally-contained air-powered motors. The horizontally oppo... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4539726 | Spring biased prop for a pivoted door member A spring actuated door opening and closing assist device is disclosed which comprises first and second tubular members positioned in telescoping relationship. Each of the tubular members has a hole formed therein in a direction transverse to the centerlin... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4539727 | Top-mounted double-action door hinge A double-action hinge for single-hinge top-mounting flexible or semi-flexible doors, of a type mountable on an upright laterally-facing door jamb support, having an axis of hinge-pivot extending uprightly substantially parallel with a mounting door jamb s... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4539728 | Cards In a carding apparatus, a precarding area is provided with two lickerin cylinders having a nip area between them in which is disposed a dihedric body having an edge projecting toward the nip between the cylinders which controls the passage and transfers o... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4539729 | Apparatus for the continuous compression or determination of the mass of a fiber sliver Fiber slivers must be condensed during the course of a spinning process or their mass must be determined. For this purpose there are employed so-called grooved pairs of rollers, that is to say, profiled rolls which define a sliver throughput groove which ... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4539730 | Seaming means and a tool for forming the seam A seam for joining the ends of a fabric to form an endless belt which can be used for papermaking, is created by attaching a continuous coil to each fabric end, the loops of the coils being preformed so that when the loops are intermeshed each loop of one... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4539731 | Button-cover A button cover for use in particular with shirt cuff button and generally to cover buttons on any article of clothing, formed by a button covering member and a button engaging member pivotally connected one to another. A perimeter spacing edge is provided... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4539732 | Double locking safety snap A double lock safety hook adapted to a single lock hook permitting a belt connection, such as a fall protection device, window washer's harness, and the like, to be retained within a hook throat. A snap keeper is engageable with the latch member to lock t... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4539733 | Separable slide fastener A separable slide fastener comprises a pair of stringer tapes each carrying on its inner longitudinal margins a row of coiled filamentary coupling elements sewn to the respective inner tape margin with a core thread extending through each of the coiled co... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4539734 | Tensioning device for the screen fabric in silk screen printing frames A silk screen printing frame includes a tensioning device for tensioning the silk screen printing fabric in such a way that in the side walls of the frame a groove of C-shaped cross-section is arranged. To tension the screen fabric, the fabric is looped a... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4539735 | Snap-fit button assembly A snap-fit buttom assembly comprises a female and a male member both molded and adapted to be coupled together with a snap-fit and a pair of tack members adapted to be joined with the female and male members for attachment thereof to a pair of fabric piec... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4539736 | Buckle for a watch band A buckle for a watch band comprising a stopper fixture slidably mounted on one end of a band and a linking member fixed to the other end of the band to join to said stopper fixture. The stopper fixture includes a pair of side plates, a bottom plate and a ... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4539737 | Method for installing a motor-compressor unit in a cooling device In order to permit a motor-compressor unit to be connected with the coolant circuit of a cooling device without interference from the walls of a compartment provided in the cooling device for housing the motor-compressor unit and to secure the motor-compr... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4539738 | Strap and vane positioning fixture for fuel rod grid and method A strap and vane positioning fixture is provided for aligning simultaneously the segments of straps forming a fuel rod grid. The fixture comprises a plate having a plurality of rods extending from it, in rows and columns, positioned for entry into cells o... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4539739 | Apparatus for making armored electrical cable An apparatus and method for making an armored electrical cable from a plurality of reinforcing struts and a plurality of electrical conductors covered by an armored jacket. The apparatus includes a series of stations along an assembly line that feed, conv... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4539740 | Inserter device for electronic components The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for rapidly and accurately inserting axial lead components such as capacitors and resistors or the like into printed circuit boards mounted in an X-Y PC board positioning device. In accordance with ... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4539741 | Josephson junction element and method of making the same A Josephson junction element which comprises a substrate, a first strip-like superconductor thin film layer arranged on said substrate, a second strip-like superconductor thin film layer arranged on said first superconductor layer in crossing relation the... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4539742 | Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same A semiconductor device wherein collector connecting wiring made of for example n+ -type polycrystalline silicon layer is formed by an anisotropic etching which simultaneously engrave a groove in a semiconductor substrate. A collector layer is f... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4539743 | Production of semiconductor structures with buried resistive or conductive regions by controlled ion bombardment and heat treatment The property of Group III-V compound materials, whereby ion bombarded material becomes highly resistive but recovers its original low resistivity by annealing at a temperature which is dopant and material dependant, is utilized to fabricate integrated cir... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4539744 | Semiconductor planarization process and structures made thereby A silicon substrate having a silicon dioxide bird's head is provided. A thermal oxide layer is grown on the exposed silicon surface. A layer, e.g., 4000 A°, of phosphogermanosilicate glass is deposited on the thermal oxide and on the silicon dioxide bird... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4539745 | Method of assembling a motor having stationary shaft An electric motor having a stationary shaft carrying two spaced-apart bearings rotatably supporting a rotor. The shaft has an axial bore communicating with a radial slot in the shaft. An elongated locking member extends from the bore, through the slot, an... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4539746 | Means for presenting an electrode of a rechargeable electrochemical cell to a winding arbor Apparatus is provided for aligning and presenting an electrode strip to the winding arbors of a machine for winding electrode assemblies of an electrochemical cell. A variable width recess is provided on an electrode carrier member for facilitating insert... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4539747 | Process for making electrical connections between two surfaces of a printed circuit board A process is suggested for making electrical contacts between the two surfaces (11,12) of a printed circuit board (10), whereby by means of an electrically conductive printed coating conductive ribs (15) are made. The ribs (15) embrace the edge of the pri... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4539748 | Methods of making an electrical connector An electrical connector which is capable of being used to interconnect insulated conductors in the field or in a factory during in-line processing includes a frame and contact element. The contact element which is used to establish an electrical connectio... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4539749 | Portable knife equipped with a spoon and a fork A portable knife including a knife and at least one utensile. The portable knife comprises an assembly of elongated plates at least one of which defines a longitudinally extending pocket having an open end which receives and retains an elongated portion o... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4539750 | Ice cutter and corer The invention relates to apparatus for cutting and removing a core of ice from an expanse of natural ice such as, for example, a lake or river so that fishing can be accomplished through the remaining open hole. The apparatus consists of a cylinder with i... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4539751 | Barbeque forks Because barbeque forks tend to be rather unwieldy items a barbeque fork is provided which can be separated into a number of shorter pieces or lengths for storage and the pieces then assembled end to end by connecting means before use. Preferably such conn... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4539752 | Automatic sheet transport mechanism An automatic sheet transport mechanism for precisely positioning a sheet relative to an automatic signature writing machine or the like is disclosed. A writing instrument is located vertically above a flat writing surface upon which the sheet rests and is... | 09/10/1985 |
