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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4606077 | Sun visor A washable, reversible sun visor including a head encircling adjustable body section with a bill section secured to a front portion of same and extending downwardly and outwardly therefrom. The body section includes a base material, preferably an open cel... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4606078 | Maternity coat and baby carrier An improved coat that has large sleeves and an oversized girth whereby the wearer of the coat may carry a child under the coat on either the wearer's front or back. An adjustable length belt blacks the passage of air into the coat, prevents articles store... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4606079 | Fasteners for apparel and methods of manufacturing them Bra-back fasteners parts and shoulder strap guards having hook and plush fastener elements, and methods of manufacturing them.... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4606080 | Portable toilet A sanitary, portable toilet comprised of a barrel-shaped stool formed of split cylinders which are detachably mounted at their top ends by an annular seat and at their bottom ends by a pair of C-shaped baseplate elements. The elements of the baseplate are... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4606081 | Partition wall structure Partition wall structure, more particularly for bath or shower cubicles, has a displaceable door panel held against, magnetically at right angles to its longitudinal plane, and guided by the guide wall of a guide rail. The magnetic attraction is provided ... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4606082 | Chair lift apparatus A lift mechanism apparatus for transferring of persons of limited mobility to and from a restricted area such as a raised tub-like water treating facility and in particular such an apparatus which is particularly adapted for transfer from and to a wheelch... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4606083 | Tub cover Thin, flexible sheets of water-impervious plastic material have their margins heat-sealed together and enclose a layer of insulating material of a size sufficient to cover the internal area of a tub. An internal bladder is of a size sufficient to cover at... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4606084 | Shower partition A shower partition includes a swinging door pivotable, by means of a hinge, about a substantially vertical axis. The installation dimensions available at the installation site often vary widely, discrepancies of up to 20 cm being by no means unusual. Comp... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4606085 | Hand washing device This invention relates to an electro mechanical-electronic device designed to prevent nosocomical contagions spread by the hands of health care personnel and others due to improper and incomplete hand washing. The device establishes a time reference for t... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4606086 | Lounge chair for reading An improved lounge chair to support a person adjustable from a sitting to a prone position, the portion of said chair supporting the person's upper body having an opening provided therein large enough so that when a person's face is placed against the ope... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4606087 | Convertible body supporting pads Support pads or mattresses are formed from flexible fabric closed covers of generally rectangular configuration forming a chamber or space which is filled to approximately 50% of its normal maximum volume with relatively small expanded polystyrene beads. ... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4606088 | Furniture cushion A cushion or pillow for use by making upholstered furniture comprises a generally block- or plate-shaped foam core (2) and a fibrous stuffing material (6) which surrounds the core. The stuffing material (6) includes at least one layer or web of a cable fi... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4606089 | Ground working implement assembly A ground working implement assembly having a handle (11) and a plurality of implement heads (13, 14, 15, 16 and 17). Each implement head has a ground working member (13A, 14A, 15A, 16A and 17A) and a tang (13B, 14B, 15B, 16B and 17B). One end of the handl... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4606090 | Auxiliary loading dock ramp An auxiliary loading dock ramp is provided which can be securely locked to a conventional ramp so as to increase the overall length of the ramp surfaces thereby lessening the degree of incline of the ramps between a loading dock and a truck or railroad ca... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4606091 | Method for the embodiment of brooms, brushes and similar articles, and a broom or brush obtained therewith The method disclosed envisages embodiment of a solid back carrying tufts of bristles or fibers etc which is provided, at least along the stretches near its outermost ends, with a series of sloping lands having an angle of inclination that is progressively... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4606092 | Liquid-vacuum washer for baseboard corner The disclosed spray-vacuum tool has a partitioned housing with two adjacent open faces, and defines adjacent liquid and vacuum chambers each open to both open housing faces. A pair of squeegees project beyond the open housing faces from opposite housing s... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4606093 | Skinning blade for meat skinning machines The skinning blade for a meat skinning machine comprises an elongated body member having opposite ends, a top surface, a bottom surface, a leading cutting edge and a trailing edge. The bottom surface includes in cross section a concave surface formed ther... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4606094 | Automatic surface dressing machine Disclosed is an automatic apparatus for removing a surface layer of predetermined thickness from objects of varying curvilinear contour advancing past a multiplicity of floatingly supported power-driven dressing rollers positionable automatically by the c... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4606095 | Saw-toothed stamped metal part as outfit for a comb segment of a porcupine Saw toothed metal parts as outfits for comb segment of a porcupine for textile machines such as combing machines in which each metal part has a stilt functioning as the holding component in the comb segment and a plurality of teeth extending outwardly fro... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4606096 | Chain tensioner The invention pertains to apparatus for tensioning chains as may be used to tie down and position cargo. A pair of elongated members each have an outer end on which a tension transmitting fitting is mounted, and at their inner ends the members are telesco... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4606097 | Snap-fit-button A button has a body and a retainer for securing the body to cloth. The retainer has a T-shaped member with the leg of the T-shaped member remote from the cross piece shaped to form a hollow cup-shaped resiliently expandable member, the rim of which is dir... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4606098 | Pendulum rod immobilizing device A pendulum rod immobilizing device for immobilizing the pendulum rod of a clock in order to prevent damage to the clock by motion of the pendulum rod during transport. The pendulum rod is immobilized by engagement with a pendulum rod retainer provided on ... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4606099 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing an armor shutter The method starts with bringing the stack of slats to be assembled into a standby position. The slats are then removed from the bottom of the magazine and stepwise provided with connecting elements having hooks which are then engaged with loops provided o... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4606100 | Element guide in apparatus for manufacturing slide fasteners with flies An apparatus automatically manufactures a succession of slide fasteners with flies from a continuous slide fastener chain having a pair of intermeshed rows of coupling elements with element-free spaces therein and stringer tapes supporting the rows of cou... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4606101 | Method of manufacturing a radially corrugated expander-spacer for a piston oil ring assembly Method of manufacturing a radially corrugated expander-spacer for a piston oil ring assembly, having inner and outer crowns alternately and successively laid, which can prevent its both terminal ends from nesting together during assembling of the piston o... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4606102 | Process for repairing labyrinth seal flanges The invention relates to a process and an apparatus for repairing worn labyrinth seal flanges. The seal flanges are repaired by spin-forming them to increase their radial height to at least equal that of an unworn labyrinth seal. A tool for carrying out t... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4606103 | Method for fabricating an impeller assembly and shaft having an interference fit A shaft and an impeller assembly formed by individual blade members are connected together in an interference fitted connection. Both the shaft and impeller assembly are coated with a corrosion resistant material and the connection is created between the ... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4606104 | Method of making a gas pressure thermometer In making a gas pressure thermometer measuring system comprising a container for the gas, a Bourdon tube, and a capillary of no more than about 20 m which connects said container to one end of the Bourdon tube is filled with the gas to a superatmospheric ... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4606105 | Method of banjo construction A method of banjo sub-assembly construction is disclosed. The metal tone ring and mating wooden rim are fabricated and assembly with an interference fit so as to provide a tight and permanent interface therebetween and thereby enhance the quality and volu... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4606106 | Seal installation tool A seal installation tool is provided which comprises a yoke having a curved, lower camming surfaces and a handle, an apertured block rotatably secured within the yoke and a collar piece which is separate from the handle and the block. The apertures of the... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4606107 | Automobile cylinder head removal tool A cylinder head removal tool is provided for removing the cylinder head from the engine block of an engine of the type used in a Fiat Model 128, 1300, 1500, or X-1.9. The tool comprises an elongated bar made of tool steel with means for bolting the bar to... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4606108 | Drill bit method and apparatus A drill bit has a formation engaging face from which there extends a plurality of stud assemblies having a diamond cutting face thereon. Each of the stud assemblies are mounted within a socket by a close tolerance press fit. A reduced diameter rearwardly ... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4606109 | Element immersed in coolant of nuclear reactor The zirconium cladding of a coolant-displacement rod of a nuclear reactor is precollapsed in the zirconium oxide stack of pellets which supports the cladding. Current is conducted through the cladding in an atmosphere at reduced pressure containing residu... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4606110 | Tool and method for positioning ceiling runners A spacer bar is used to place ceiling runners at a predetermined distance apart. At either end of the bar is pivotally mounted a holder and this allows the bar connecting together the two holders to be freely movable relative to the holders. A holder is p... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4606111 | Method of manufacturing undetachable flange joint An undetachable flange joint characterized in that it essentially comprises a pair of semicircular clamp halves of which cross-sectional configuration is designed to tightly fit the outer configuration of a pair of tapered flanges to be joined, said clamp... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4606112 | Method of assembling a refrigerator cabinet A refrigerator cabinet having an outer metal case including side walls and a top wall, a plastic inner liner and a partition separating a freezer and fresh food compartments and separate front door openings. A front face is formed along the front edge of ... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4606113 | Method of manufacturing metal-semiconductor field effect transistors using orientation dependent etched recesses of different depths Field effect transistors are manufactured using a substrate of compound semiconductor material by defining two gate areas which have their longitudinal dimensions so oriented with respect to the crystal axes of the substrate that the substrate material is... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4606114 | Multilevel oxide as diffusion source A method of manufacture of a semiconductor device such as an MOS dynamic read/write memory cell array uses a doped multilevel oxide layer as a diffusion source to create source/drain regions and diffused interconnects. The process is thereby simplified si... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4606115 | Method of manufacturing optically sensitive semiconductor devices including anti-reflective coatings A method of manufacturing optically sensitive semiconductor devices in which an anti-reflective coating is provided without the addition of mask or etch steps to the manufacturing process flow. A single layer of silicon nitride is patterned to provide an ... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4606116 | Non-linear resistor and method of manufacturing the same A non-linear resistor having an operational field strength which optionally is formed as a VDR- or as an NTC-resistor having a ceramic sintered body on the basis of a polycrystalline alkaline earth metal titanate doped with a small quantity of a metal oxi... | 08/19/1986 |
