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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4563776 | Stadium coat A garment having a front, back, sides, top and an open bottom. The top has closed shoulders thereon and an opening therebetween for receiving a person's head. A pair of straps extend over each shoulder, one end of each strap being permanently affixed to t... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4563777 | Combination cargo pack A combination cargo pack in the form of a soft side carry pack has straps for independent shoulder supported usage and incorporates an article of wearing apparel adapted for storage within the pack. The cargo pack is provided with a plurality of load carr... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4563778 | Prosthetic acetabular cup An integral prosthetic acetabular cup assembly and a method for making the same including an inner liner contacting an outer backing and a plurality of spacers mechanically entrapped between the inner liner and the outer backing. The spacers may be made o... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4563779 | Corneal implant and method of making the same A corneal implant and method of making the same utilizes a corneal plug removed from an eye, frozen solid, and centrally bored to, but not through, its Bowman's or its Descemet's membrane. An artificial plug which is optically clear is inserted in the bor... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4563780 | Automated bathroom An automatic computer controlled bathroom includes a shower, bathtub, sink and toilet which can all be electronically controlled. The sink and shower include water temperature sensors and valves which direct the water to the drain if it is outside of a pr... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4563781 | Bath installations and bath tubs A method of disinfecting the circulating system of a whirlpool bath tub installation comprising blanking off or capping a nozzle or nozzles of the bath tub in such manner that a circulating pump and the nozzle(s) together with associated pipework form a c... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4563782 | Hydropneumatic massage bath A hydropneumatic massage bath includes a bath tub having high side walls and a bottom and at least one pressurized-water line that terminates in a water jet nozzle. An air supply line opens into a chamber surrounding the water jet nozzle. Such chamber has... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4563783 | Assist handle An assist handle to be attached to the direction handle of a shower, or hot or cold water handle to be used to assist people out of a tub. The apparatus includes a slip resistant and resilient grommet at rear of rear plate; rear plate with opening for bol... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4563784 | Power actuated seat-bed assembly An improved seat-bed assembly which includes seat and back supports associated with a linkage and a motor to convert the assembly from seat form to a bed. The seat support may be raised when in the seat position to allow articles to be stored beneath the ... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4563785 | Cushion with simulated button tuft and method for manufacturing same A solid compressible foam body is enclosed within a cover of flexible material. A plurality of recessed areas are formed along the surface of the cushion by compressing the foam body in each area and applying closed stitch patterns defining a circular sec... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4563786 | Speed equalizing means and/or laundry machines incorporating the same A laundry machine having an agitator shaft rotatable backwards and forwards by an electronically controlled electric motor when in a washing mode and continuously in one direction when in a spinning mode has the agitator shaft connected to an interconnect... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4563787 | Production of insoles A shoe or sandal is chosen which fits the patient's foot. One or more blanks of thermosoftening expanded plastics (e.g. an expanded cross-linked polyethylene) for constituting the insole are heated above the softening temperature and inserted in the shoe.... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4563788 | Top drying nozzle device for vehicle washing apparatus A top drying nozzle device for a vehicle washing apparatus has a link mechanism for supporting a top nozzle. The link mechanism has a pantagraph mechanism and two parallel link mechanisms so that the top nozzle can be moved vertically in a forward positio... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4563789 | Hose end holder A hose end holder for an appliance, such as a vacuum cleaner. The hose is corrugated. The end of the hose proximal to the housing of the vacuum cleaner is supported on a nipple attached on the vacuum cleaner. A first tube is placed over the proximal end o... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4563790 | Hose attachment structure for upright vacuum cleaner According to the invention, a hose attachment port is provided in the hood of an upright suction cleaner. A hinged door is spring biased sealingly against the underside of the hood to seal the port for on-the-floor operation. The door is pivotable upon th... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4563791 | Wing cutter apparatus An apparatus for severing portions of the wings of a poultry carcass includes an elongated conveyor having a plurality of spaced carcass supports thereon for sequentially moving a poultry carcass through first and second cut-off stations. Spaced guide rai... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4563792 | Process of manufacturing tubular wrappers from a continuous web of plastic material sheeting In the making of sausages wherein a continuous web of plastic sheet is supplied and formed into a tubular wrapper about a filling tube, the wrapper is filled with sausage meat, and the filled tubular wrapper is intermittently closed to form sausages, the ... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4563793 | Fresh salmon-cleaning machine Horizontal conjointly moving endless belts have adjacent stretches disposed in parallel vertical planes to transport a beheaded fish clamped between them successively past a rotating circular belly slitter disc, an eviscerating gutter, a rotating kidney-s... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4563794 | Self-cleaning roller gin Disclosed is an improved roller gin having means for cleaning debris from the knife, and a process of operating such gin. Specifically, the gin includes means to rotate the roll in reverse, periodically, if desired, whereby any cotton, leaf, or other tras... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4563795 | Conduit clamp The invention pertains to a conduit clamp utilizing a band circumferentially contractable by a screw substantially parallel to the axis of the conduit being clamped. The clamp components are formed of castings and heavy duty construction techniques whereb... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4563796 | Retainer with coacting legs A retainer for sheet material is provided which is formed of resilient memory type material and which has two oppositely acting and opposed legs which provide a gripping action therebetween. Provision is made for one of the legs to act as an indicia carry... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4563797 | Safety belt buckle A safety belt buckle comprises a tang, a base having an engaging portion in the form of a cut-away in the wall portion thereof and meshing with the tang by the engaging portion, a lever member pivotably provided on the base and capable of assuming a latch... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4563798 | Corduroy cutting machine Corduroy cutting machine, including a shaft, a plurality of circular knives disposed adjacent each other on the shaft for cutting open floating wefts of a fabric web being movable along a given travel direction, a plurality of needles being normally movab... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4563799 | Air jet nozzle for treatment of yarns An air jet nozzle is disclosed which is adapted for imparting entanglements to continuous filament synthetic yarns. The nozzle includes a body member having a yarn passageway therethrough, and a transverse air inlet channel which communicates with the yar... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4563800 | Electrode tool storage magazine A tool changer for an EDM apparatus provided with a reciprocable machining head having a tool holder mounted on the end of the machining head. The tool changer comprises a rotatable indexable turret supporting a plurality of electrode tools each integrall... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4563801 | Method of reinforcing the edges of impeller vanes or the like The inlet and/or outlet edge of a blank which is to be converted into the vane of an impeller for use in a centrifugal pump is reinforced by providing an exposed surface of the blank with a pair of contiguous recesses which extend along the edge and the d... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4563802 | Method and apparatus for the production of exhaust pipes for automotive vehicles A method for the continuous production of exhaust pipes for automotive vehicles comprises the steps of continuously withdrawing an elongated substantially flat metal strip from a coil and subsequently bending and forming the moving strip into a longitudin... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4563803 | Valve removing tool A hand-held tool for displacing a valve assembly from a cylinder or pump housing comprises an elongate handle portion having a distal end and a proximal end; a fulcrum member having a first end and a second end, the first end being rotatably secured to th... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4563804 | Air conditioning compressor retaining ring remover tool An air conditioning compressor retaining ring removal and installation tool which when inserted into an installed retaining ring and twisted releases the retaining ring from its housing. The tool has an angled, off-center pin projecting from one end there... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4563805 | Manufacture of MOSFET with metal silicide contact Polysilicon elements of integrated circuits, for example gates (24) or interconnects, are provided with metallic silicide layers (26) in order to take advantage of the lower resistivity thereof. The polysilicon elements are defined on an oxide layer (23) ... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4563806 | Method for the manufacture of a display screen based on thin-film transistors and capacitors Method for the manufacture of electronic circuits based on thin-film transistors and capacitors. According to the invention this method comprises the following operations: deposition of a layer (102) of a first transparent, conductive material on an insul... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4563807 | Method for making semiconductor device utilizing molecular beam epitaxy to form the emitter layers Semiconductor device, such as bipolar transistor, is made by molecular beam epitaxy, wherein a emitter layer (27) and overriding contact regions (28) of polycrystalline silicon are grown continuously on a silicon substrate (23+26) without breaking high va... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4563808 | Methods of producing slotless and toothless wound stator Slotless and toothless wound stators are produced for electrical machines, in particular brushless DC motors, by providing temporary teeth at opposite ends of an iron cylinder with smooth inner wall end-to-end, placing an electrical winding without suppor... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4563809 | Fuse with centered fuse filament and method of making the same An improved cartridge fuse has resilient plugs at opposite ends of the fuse housing through which extend a centered fuse filament held in tension by the defining walls of a plug passage hugging the fuse filament to maintain such tension. The fuse filament... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4563810 | Electrical connector transfer nest An electrical connector transfer nest for use in transferring an electrical connector from a connector pick-up station to a work station, comprises a frame in which are slidably mounted, a pair of plungers, one of these having means for releasably retaini... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4563811 | Method of making a dual-in-line package A lead frame (10) having external leads (26--26) and internal leads (22--22). The internal leads (22--22) are made of soft metal to provide bondability to ceramic substrates having a semiconductor chip thereon while the external leads (26--26) are hard me... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4563812 | Filament laying apparatus and a method of fabricating a harness Apparatus for laying a filament includes a tool 10 moveable to follow a predetermined path, the tool comprising a storage chamber 12, 12', opposed outlets 30, 28, 16 and 116, 128 and clamp arrangements 19, 119 associated therewith. In use, filament is fed... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4563813 | Cam lock knife structure This invention relates to a cam lock knife structure having (1) a main handle assembly; (2) a knife blade assembly pivotally connected to the main handle assembly and moveable from storage/folded condition to an open/usage condition; (3) a cam lock assemb... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4563814 | Disposable clipper head A disposable hair clipping head assembly adapted for attachment to an electric clipper is disclosed. The assembly is characterized by a novel two-piece construction including fixed and movable members formed of synthetic plastic material. The fixed member... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4563815 | Device for cutting through automobile belts with a knife In a device for cutting through automobile belts with a knife, a holder (5) is provided at the lower rim of the window opening of the automobile door and the knife (12) is slidably fitted and held in said holder to extend above the inner upper edge of the... | 01/14/1986 |
