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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4553269 | Pocket structure A pocket structure is provided with a chamber to conceal a valuable object such as a billfold. The pocket has a front panel, a back panel and two intermediate panels. The front panel has a slit to form a pocket opening and a flap is provided to close the ... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4553270 | Protective helmet with securing collar The protective helmet (FIG. 1) is provided in its lower part with a collar (C) formed advantageously by two segments (C1 and C2) movable with respect to each other slidably, in opposite directions along parallel horizontal guides (54... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4553271 | Artificial sphincter apparatus and method An artificial sphincter apparatus and method, the artificial sphincter including a pair of parallel, coaxially mounted rings with at least one ring rotatable relative to the other ring. A plurality of tie members mounted circumferentially to the rings ext... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4553272 | Regeneration of living tissues by growth of isolated cells in porous implant and product thereof A method of repair of patient tissues by implant including providing a living cell sample which is introduced into an implant member having a porous open structure. The cell sample may be cultured in the implant. The implant is secured to the patient, as ... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4553273 | Vertebral body prosthesis and spine stabilizing method A method and apparatus for stabilizing the spine wherein vertebral bodies have been removed which comprises forming recesses in the vertebral bodies which face one another, inserting a longitudinally extendable prosthetic device between the opposed verteb... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4553274 | Toilet-bowl bidet apparatus An add-on bidet includes a moulded plastic seat (12) which has a channel-shaped cross-section. A pivoting spray-arm (108) is stowed between the toilet-bowl rim and the inside of the channel. The inner wall (16) of the seat acts as a splash guard. The spra... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4553275 | Cleaning cloths and dispensers therefor Soap-impregnated washcloths are contained in a water-impervious dispenser adapted to be mounted on a showerbath room wall for bathers' convenience.... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4553276 | Sectional modular shower cabinets and method and apparatus for making and installing them A sectional modular shower cabinet is disclosed wherein a plurality of sections is held together by joining strips adhering to the rear faces of the sections. A waterproof sealant overlies the junctions between the sections of the shower cabinet. The inst... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4553277 | Faucet and clamping mechanism A faucet having a clamping mechanism having a guide and clamping arms retained by a detent in contracted position when in disengaged position for placing the faucet on a support wall with the clamping mechanism extending through an opening in the support ... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4553278 | Tip-up bed and post tensioned bedding retainer A pillow and bedding retainer for a made-up tip-up bed (11) includes a flexible concave panel (21) extending across a bed storage recess (14). The panel is freely mounted in a parallel spaced pair of horizontal open channels (22, 23) attached to a pivot f... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4553279 | Multi-purpose paint stick A multi-purpose paint stick is described. The paint stick allows a painter to scrape paint from the inside of various size cans, to comb his paint brush to remove unwanted particles, to suspend a paint strainer over a can to mix paint, to measure exact am... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4553280 | Water hose fitting tool An implement (10) for effecting repairs to a garden hose assembly (30) comprising a central hub element (16) having a plurality of arm elements (17) radially projecting therefrom and bearing a tap unit (12) a die unit (13), a removal unit (14) and an inse... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4553281 | Side and heel lasting machine A side and heel lasting machine. The machine serves to adhere the unwiped margin of a shoe upper assembly, whose toe portion has been wiped, to the periphery region of the assembly insole. Lasting pads are employed to keep the margin in position during ap... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4553282 | Mop head A mop head of polymeric material having a hood, to be placed on a handle end, and a bendable mop retaining bar, integrally joined at one end to an end of the hood and having a flexible finger at the other end. The finger terminates in an enlarged portion ... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4553283 | Windshield wiper adapter A two-bladed windshield wiper adapter which tilts the wiper blades in the sweep movement direction. The adapter is formed with a plug receiving portion loosely fitted to a cross plate having two plug members disposed perpendicular thereto for receiving th... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4553284 | Vacuum cleaner universal nozzle A universal nozzle which has a tubular body with a coupling end that fits on the hose of a vacuum cleaner and an inlet end distal from the coupling end. The nozzle has a smooth bore and is made from a resilient material which is manually deformable such t... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4553285 | Plug furnace A furnace for burning a particulate fuel compacted into a plug which includes a force feed of particulate fuel through a compacting means and into a tubular furnace in which burning is expected within the compact fuel plug by injecting air through the fur... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4553286 | Hinge preparation assembly for a steel door frame The invention relates to hinge preparation assembly for mounting in each of the mortises formed in the hinge jamb of a steel frame. The hinge preparation assembly includes a hinge reinforcement member having a plurality of spaced apart threaded openings f... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4553287 | Device and process for cleaning shrimp and the like A device for cleaning crustaceans having slender, elongated bodies includes an elongated body having a tapered portion at one end, a deheading portion at another end, and a handle adjacent to the deheading portion. The tapered portion has an arcuate secti... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4553288 | Card clothing for carding segments of a carding machine A card clothing for a stationary or movable carding segments of a carding machine includes at least two rows of groups of tips. The rows are located one after another in the direction of carding and each row extends transversally of the direction of cardi... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4553289 | Apparatus for producing a wide fibrous web Apparatus for producing a web whose width exceeds the working width of a machine having a number of take-off units and a table for conveying the web, for the production of webs from fibrous material, more particularly cards, carding machines, or pneumatic... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4553290 | Apron for a draft apparatus An apron for a draft apparatus being suitable for use with a pneumatic high speed spinning frame. The apron includes a front side rubber layer, a reverse side rubber layer adhered to the front side rubber layer and core cords interposed between the two ru... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4553291 | Collar fastener A collar fastener for bringing the two tapered sides of a shirt collar together wherein the fastener hooks into the under-surface or back surface of the collar on each side. The fastener fits unobtrusively under the necktie so as to make it substantially ... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4553292 | Rapid attachment device for ski boots Adjustable toggle type attachment device for a ski boot, with a series of notches constituting a rack fixed to an element to be tightened, and a tightening lever connected through a traction element to another element to be tightened. An abutment longitud... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4553293 | Reusable tying device The invention disclosed relates to an improvement for tying devices which can be secured to laces particularly on shoes for holding the shoelace knot in place. The device disclosed employs a mechanism for securing a portion of the device to the shoe and e... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4553294 | Clip-type hook fastening device This invention pertains primarily to supplementary fastening devices in the form of jawed openable clips having a slot in one or both jaws used for fastening the hook of a garment hanger or other hook including device to a clothesline or other generally l... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4553295 | Mechanism for lathe-working articles A mechanism for the lathe-working of longitudinal, cylindrical, or slightly conical work-pieces (88), preferably cartridge cases for firearms, which uses at least two driven rotating spindles (80) located in a housing (17). The housing (17) is rotatable a... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4553296 | Self-contained inflatable crown roll A self-contained inflatable variable crown roll having a circumferential cavity between sleeve and arbor has means to connect that roll cavity to an external high pressure fluid pump when the roll is not rotating. The roll preferably has a reservoir withi... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4553297 | Hydro-mechanical inflatable crown roll The cavity or gap between shell and arbor of a hydraulically inflatable roll also houses metal support elements which may be adjusted to fill that gap partially or wholly. The roll support elements are mating wedges, preferably a pair of sawtooth profiled... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4553298 | Method for fabricating a reciprocating piston pump A fabricated reciprocating piston pump having a power end frame characterized by spaced apart elongated precut steel plate members forming the frame sidewalls and forming bearing support members for supporting the jackshaft and eccentric shaft bearings. T... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4553299 | Method for installing a whirlpool bath on an in-place bathtub A whirlpool system has the air and water mixing systems adjacent to the pump. The air and water mixing system is connected to inlets and outlets within a tub by flexible pipes, preferably--or optionally by semi-flexible or rigid pipes. The outlets or inle... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4553300 | Pocket "E"-ring installation tool This pocket tool is employed for installing "E"-rings on Diesel injector pump rotor assemblies quickly. Primarily, it consists of a main body for use as a force producing instrument, for final seating of an "E"-ring, and it houses a guide pin when not in ... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4553301 | Threadedly fixing apparatus Disclosed is an apparatus for threadedly fitting a buttress tapered external thread portion and a buttress tapered internal thread portion each other. A detecting internal thread portion provided on the gauge is threadedly fitted into the buttress tapered... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4553302 | Installation tool, tangless helically coiled insert An insertion tool for a helically coiled wire insert of the type used for tapped holes in parent material that is generally softer than a fastener being screwed into the tapped hole, whereby a mandrel having a threaded lead portion and a pivotal pawl inse... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4553303 | Removal tool for tangless, helically coiled insert A removal tool for a tangless helically coiled wire insert of the type used for tapped holes in parent material that is generally softer than a fastener being screwed into the tapped hole, whereby a mandrel having a threaded lead portion and a pivotable p... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4553304 | Method for the production of a multilayered capacitor block A method for the production of a multilayer capacitor block. Two superposed metallized films are carried by an entraining caterpillar track into a cavity in such a manner as to form a stack of successive folds. In a first operation, the horizontal displacement... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4553305 | Pipefitter's scribing and spacing tool A tool adapted for use by a pipefitter in welding a length of pipe to a fitting in which one end of the pipe is accommodated with a predetermined spacing between the end of the pipe and an internal shoulder within the fitting. The tool has jaws which may ... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4553306 | Reciprocating saw offset blade holder A modification to an existing adapter for reciprocating saber saws which supports the saw blade on the top of the adapter for making "flush with" cuts along the intersection between floors and walls, the improvement providing a second mounting for the saw... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4553307 | Method for installing a sliding roof panel assembly A method for installing a modular sliding roof panel assembly in a vehicle having an opening in the roof. The sliding roof panel assembly includes a roof panel movably mounted on a housing. A reinforcement ring having a central aperture with a shape compl... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4553308 | Pipe fitting cover and method for covering pipe fittings A pipe covering for flanged insulated pipes. The pipe coverings are characterized by the presence of toroidal protrusions and tapered sections extending outwardly from the protrusions.... | 11/19/1985 |
