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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4608715 | Protective garment having variable ventilation entry and exit panels A protective garment having a ventilation system having means for selectively varying the pass of ventilation air through the garment and the size of the openings of the ventilation entry and exit panels to provide proper ventilation and prevent billowing... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4608716 | Safety jump suit uniform and lifting mechanism for miners and other workers A one-piece garment device containing safety features to help prevent injuries to miners and other workers. A lifting assistance mechanism is incorporated. Special gloves, shoes and helmets are used in conjunction with the safety device. The garment devic... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4608717 | Flexible armor A flexible protective armor has the form of a laminate having front and back layers of an aramid fibre fabric sandwiching a bag of packed feathers, foam, or felt material. The laminate is drawn tightly together by stitching or similar process. The armor m... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4608718 | Calf, ankle and foot protector for baseball batters Baseball batters are protected from injury to their foot and calf from foul tips by a protector using a integral pad, body of cushioning material which extends from the calf over the foot and has a neck portion which is flexible and provides a hinge so th... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4608719 | Disposable medical cover gown A disposable protective gown useable in a medical environment, the gown being fabricated of a single blank of non-woven synthetic fabric sheeting having a generally rectangular form. Cut into the short ends of the blanks in opposing relation are elongated... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4608720 | Bowling glove A bowling glove for improving the velocity and uniformity of a bowler's delivery includes a substantially rigid plate adapted to be strapped to the back side of the bowler's hand. A substantially rigid tongue projects upwardly from the plate and lies agai... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4608721 | Baseball cap with elastic hinge A cap structure suitable for multi-size utilization including a shell forming the crown portion fabricated from biaxially stretchable fabric, a visor portion secured to the forward edge of the shell, and an elongated band forming an ear flap portion hinge... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4608722 | Armchair or sofa structure transformable into a bed Armchair or sofa structure transformable into a bed in which, during the passage from one state to the other, intermediate positions can be obtained. The structure can therefore be utilized not only as a bed and as a sofa with its back portion vertical, b... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4608723 | Apparatus for lasting footwear Apparatus for lasting footwear comprising a wiper assembly which lays the lasting margin about the insole which prior to lasting is pressed against the last by an adhesive injector plate. By a control the movement of the wiper assembly is arrested in an i... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4608724 | Machine for the direct soling of shoe uppers A machine for the direct soling of shoe uppers having at least one molding station is provided for conveniently and effectively removing the molding sprue from the die mold which typically remains after each injection molding process. Such is effected by ... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4608725 | Litter retrieving machine An apparatus for collecting litter from roadways and grounds includes a ground engageable rotating drum with easily removable and replaceable fingers which slip in and out of channels mounted on the drum. A spring finger assembly rotates against the drum ... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4608726 | Wraparound brush A wraparound brushing device includes a U-shaped brush-supporting arm which facilitates use of wraparound brushing devices in automatic vehicle washing facilities having limited space. The U-shaped brush-supporting arm typically includes two legs at right... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4608727 | Burnishing floor polisher A burnishing floor polisher (2) includes a frame (4), an engine (6) mounted on the frame, and a rotary brush or pad (8) mounted through a universal joint (10) to a rotary shaft (12) supported from the frame, enabling flush engagement between the brush and... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4608728 | Wiper blade components A molded plastic slidable latch member for retaining a side mounted wiper blade on a wiper arm having a laterally extending connecting pin is retained within a plastic insert. The rectangular plastic insert is retained between the flanges within a rectang... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4608729 | Lockable steering structure having a vertically slidable locking block A lockable steering structure suitable for the front wheels of a baby cart for children including a grooved block slideable upon T shaped rails attached to both a support frame and a wheel mount so that in a locked position the block engages both rails, s... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4608730 | Disposable tension sleeve for a stuffing machine A tension sleeve for a stuffing machine on which is predisposed a casing supply prior to connection of the tension sleeve to the stuffing machine. A sizing means is attached to the tension sleeve by a nosepiece. The nosepiece has a collar extending into a... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4608731 | Food patty with improved void structure, shape, and strength and method and apparatus for forming said patty A patty of food material, along with a method and apparatus for forming the patty, are disclosed. The food material is forced through non-vertical apertures in a foraminous member into a mold opening in a mold plate to form the patty. An agitator bar may ... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4608732 | Gizzard harvesting process A method and apparatus for processing poultry gizzards at substantially high line speeds. A plurality of gizzards preferably with the stomach and intestines attached are directed in a random arrangement into a feeding and aligning station. Feed roll means... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4608733 | System for fastening pocket clips to metal caps or barrels of writing instruments A pocket clip made by stamping in one piece from spring metal, which is securely attached to a metal writing instrument, such as a fountain pen or ball point pen simply by pushing it, manually or by machine, into an opening provided in the cap or barrel o... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4608734 | Snap connector, lever A snap connector lever for mating threadless buttons or fasteners for securing overlapping sections of materials such as garments such as men's shirts or women's blouses that are usually secured by buttons. The snap connector lever may be a replacement fo... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4608735 | Sliding bar buckle A molded sliding bar buckle of the type comprising a strap retainer bar slidably mounted on an open rectangular connector frame having a grip base and a connecting bar on opposite sides of the strap retainer bar. The strap retainer bar includes a central ... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4608736 | Apparatus for manufacturing a bulky textured yarn Apparatus for manufacturing a bulky textured yarn from a thermoplastic multifilament yarn by applying a pressurized heated fluid in a condition of automatically controlling the operating characters of the texturing operation. During the steady operational... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4608737 | Magnet developer rolls A magnet roll for use in a developer unit of an electrostatic copier having a magnet structure provided by elongated bars of permanent magnet material magnetized to provide radially oriented magnets. The bars are sufficiently rigid to support hubs without... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4608738 | Method and apparatus for removing spindles and needle bearings A tool for removing the wheel spindle from a four-wheel drive vehicle and extracting the needle bearings housed within that spindle is disclosed. The tool includes a mounting platform adapted to be mounted on the spindle, a platform retained plunging shaf... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4608739 | Connector of and sealing of tubular members A method of forming a connection between a tubular member and an annular collar which has at least one internal annular recess. The method includes positioning the collar over portion of the tubular member to define an axially extending connection zone em... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4608740 | Rail upholsterer A layer of padding is centered on a sheet of upholstery material. A rail is centered top down on the layer, and this feed assembly is moved continuously along a feed path by driven rotating rollers contacting the rail. The rail is forced by the roller tow... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4608741 | Method of assembling a clutch release bearing and corresponding clutch release bearing, in particular for automotive vehicles In a clutch release bearing an axially acting annular spring bears on a maneuvering member and on a radial rim on a drive member, so as to urge the latter towards a flange on the maneuvering member. The annular spring is adapted to turn inside out during ... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4608742 | Forged dissimilar metal assembly and method A mechanically rigid joint is formed between two different metals by completing the joint in a forging operation. A part (14) made of one metal is placed in a die form (20) and is maintained at a temperature below that required for forging. A billet (23) ... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4608743 | Mining shovel ballast box connection method and apparatus The ballast box of a power mining shovel is coupled to the rotating frame by two pins installed through orifices in parallel plate projections extending from the ballast box and corresponding eye projections on the main rotating frame. In addition, the fe... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4608744 | Frame molding process of a seat for vehicles At the time of blow molding of a frame made of synthetic resin in the shape of a hollow plate, a molding process of the frame of a seat for vehicles which comprises a reinforcement plate in the shape of with leg portions substantially equal to the thick... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4608745 | Method of attaching fly strips to a slide fastener chain In a method for automatically attaching successive fly strips to a continuous slide fastener chain, the successive strips are fed to a standby point one after another by a conveyor horizontally spaced from a sewing machine by a gap in which the standby po... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4608746 | Wire harness fabrication apparatus The invention is a wire harness fabrication apparatus for use in the manual fabrication of wire harnesses and as a wire receiving member for use in combination with an automated factory cell. The apparatus is a rotatable cylindrical member with a continuo... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4608747 | Multispindle-automatic turret lathe Multispindle-automatic turret lathe comprising a spindle support which is rotatable about a central switching or indexing axis and in which are rotatably mounted a number of work spindles each defining one switching or indexing station of the spindle supp... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4608748 | Method of manufacturing a memory FET with shorted source and drain region A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a plurality of MOS transistors which construct a memory section. After forming a plurality of MOS transistors on a semiconductor substrate, source regions and drain regions of given MOS transistors a... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4608749 | Method of manufacturing a solid-state image pickup device A method of manufacturing a "two-level" solid-state image pickup device wherein a portion of a first metallic electrode electrically connected to a signal storage region is made to project to the highest position above a substrate on which it is formed. A... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4608750 | Preparation of photovoltaic device by electrochemical deposition A heterojunction photovoltaic device, containing a highly conductive coating material having a band gap greater than 0 to about 3.0 e.V. on a substrate containing a semiconductor material, is utilized in highly efficient photovoltaic cells and radiometric... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4608751 | Method of making dynamic memory array A dynamic read/write memory cell of the one transistor type is made by a single-level polysilicon process in which the word lines and the gates of the access transistors are formed by the metal strips. No metal-to-silicon or metal-to-polysilicon contacts ... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4608752 | Apparatus, method of operating apparatus and method of assembling a rotatable assembly In a method of assembling a rotatable assembly, a rotor core is disposed with its circumferential surface coaxial with a reference axis, and arcuate outer surfaces of a set of magnet material elements are located in preselected positions generally concent... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4608753 | Minimization of voltage delay in lithium oxyhalide cells Passivation of lithium anodes in contact with thionyl chloride cathode/electrolytes is reduced by adding to the electrolytes a substance from the group of alkyl 2 cyanoacrylates and acrylic and substituted acrylic ester polymers.... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4608754 | Power driven tube cutter The present invention relates to a power driven tube cutter which can be effectively utilized to sever automotive exhaust pipes, for example. The tube cutter includes a workpiece engaging member adapted to engage the exhaust pipe, and a cutting blade moun... | 09/02/1986 |
