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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4612672 | Protective head gear A floatable lightweight protective sports head gear having ring-shaped and cross-members for providing head protection, a pair of ear flaps for providing ear protection, a sun visor for providing eye protection and a chin strap for removably retaining the... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4612673 | Patient gown A patient gown having a single body portion which is enclosed by removably secured fasteners at either the anterior or posterior portion, a V-neck is provided in both the front and the rear, and a pair of shoulder elements are secured to the upper portion... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4612674 | Underwear and method of making same Panties, briefs or like underwear includes a front piece 2 for covering lower abdomen, a rear piece 3 for covering buttocks and a connector piece 4 interconnecting the front piece 2 and the rear piece 3 for covering the crotch. The rear piece 3 is stitche... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4612675 | Helmet with adjustable ventilation A motorcyclist's or bicyclist's helmet has dome shaped top wall structure, side wall structures, a front opening for forward viewing, a lower front wall structure which juts forwardly, and rear wall structure; and it also includes: (a) a frontward facing ... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4612676 | Urinal attachment for toilet A main body (22) has a downwardly-directed outlet opening (28) and a forwardly-directed inlet opening (30). A vertical wall (34) depends downwardly from opposite sidewalls (26) of body (22), is spaced rearwardly from inlet opening (30), and engages the in... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4612677 | Convertible sofa mechanism An improved three-section convertible sofa mechanism for installation in a convertible sofa. The mechanism has three sections which unfold from a sofa configuration into a bed configuration. The conversion is assisted by a motor-operated pair of bellows w... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4612678 | Trauma board and method of using same A trauma board, particularly a pediatric trauma board for use in lifting, carrying, transporting, treating or otherwise immobilizing a patient, which trauma board comprises: a rigid board having a head end and a foot end with the board characterized by a ... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4612679 | Bed side guard assembly A side guard for a hospital bed moves between elevated and depressed positions on parallel swing arms that are quite short and extend from a base mounted on the back section of the bed. It further has an upper section which pivots outwardly and downwardly... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4612680 | Cover joint and armor for bridge cable An armor for a bridge cable including a specified number of trough-shaped metal covers for covering a bridge cable formed of PC steel wire bundles, male and female fitting parts provided on both side edges of the covers for being fitted to each other, and... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4612681 | Dragline sweeper Apparatus for cleaning the path of an endless conveyor of its debris comprising providing a wheel-mounted carriage attachable and detachable to the conveyor to drag or drive the carriage to effect rotation of the drive wheels to effect counter-rotation of... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4612682 | Apparatus for treating meat Apparatus for treating meat, in particular for the purpose of improving its ability to absorb a curing liquid prior to cooking, comprises a frame mounting at least two spaced-apart side-by-side rollers which are rotated in opposite senses as meat to be tr... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4612683 | Apparatus for pressure-treating meat An apparatus for pressure-treating meat, in particular uncooked ham before pickling brine is introduced, is provided with two opposed, rotating pressure rollers supported in a housing, which are provided on their jacket face with protrusions, teeth or stu... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4612684 | Process and apparatus for stringing link sausages manufactured on automatic stuffing machines onto curing and cooking sticks A process of stringing link sausages (112) produced on automatic stuffing machines, on curing or cooking sticks with the aid of suspension elements (34) which, after stuffing, upon sealing of the filled sausage casing lengths, singly will respectively be ... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4612685 | Organizer clip device Disclosed is a clip device which retains multiple materials in a separated and organized fashion and which is reversible in design to restore the clip to its undeformed tension if excessively deformed. The clip comprises an oval portion which continues in... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4612686 | Strap tightener A strap tightener is disclosed. The tightener includes a base member having edges for guiding a pair of threaded members. A drive member is mounted between the threaded members and a keeper is located adjacent the base for maintaining the base generally p... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4612687 | Harness fasteners A quick release fastener (QRF) for a restraint harness the fastener having a base plate with a lug retainer boss projecting therefrom, a cover plate hinged to the base plate and recessed to receive the free end of the boss, and a lock for locking the cove... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4612688 | Process for making suede-like sheet material Staple fibers made from crimped, in particular compression crimped, multicomponent filaments of the matrix/segment type, the cross section of which shows, in addition to the matrix, at least 6 peripheral wedge-shaped or lenticular segments, not completely... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4612689 | Method of manufacturing multilayer capacitors A method of manufacturing multilayer ceramic capacitors characterized by the following steps: forming dielectric foils comprising a mixture of an organic binder with an oxidic ceramic powder; stacking these foils alternately with layers of electrically conduct... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4612690 | Multiple spindle machine tool The invention pertains to a multiple spindle machine tool wherein a plurality of substantially parallel spindles transversely disposed to a workpiece transfer path permit sequential operations upon a workpiece transferred from spindle to spindle. Spindles... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4612691 | Management apparatus for a cable having plural conductors arranged in one or more layered arrays An apparatus for separating individual conductors in an array thereof is characterized by a member having an abutment surface operable against the axial ends of the conductors to cause the same to buckle radially outwardly of the axis of the cable to form... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4612692 | Pressure cylinder with variable configuration axis A pressure cylinder in which an outer tubular roll is rotatably supported at its ends by a central shaft passing therethrough. The central portion of the shaft engages with radial play in a tubular bush disposed within the outer roll and rotatably support... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4612693 | Hydraulic servicing apparatus A hydraulic press for servicing and repairing parts, particularly suitable for automobile service work, comprising spaced parallel vertical columns having a top plate and a lower vertically adjustable plate for supporting a conventional hydraulic bottle j... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4612694 | Method of connecting ends of filamentary fastener Disclosed is a method of connecting ends of a fastener of the type having a filament portion of a predetermined length, a tubular socket portion connected to one end of the filament portion and a pin portion connected to the other end of the filament port... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4612695 | Method of manufacturing a hollow cam shaft The method of manufacturing a lightweight, low cost hollow cam shaft includes the steps of forming an integral journal portion in a hollow pipe member by inwardly deforming a portion of the pipe member, such as by coining or spinning, the outer surface of... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4612696 | Robot apparatus for handling wire workpiece during termination Wire section handling apparatus, for use with separately supported wire section terminating means, comprising (a) an arm, structure supporting the arm for pivotal displacement between first and second positions, and means to pivot the arm, (b) a head on the ar... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4612697 | Automated machining system having a workpiece transfer apparatus There is provided by this invention an automated machine tool having a workpiece transfer apparatus that allows the machine tool to automatically load and unload a workpiece during machining. The automated machine tool has the capacity to select a workpie... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4612698 | Method of fabricating solar cells A solar cell fabrication procedure is described which is characterized by (1) forming a front surface mask in the configuration of the front surface electrodes, (2) a passivation step which, inter alia, results in the formation of an altered silicon subst... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4612699 | Printed circuit board fabrication apparatus An improved anvil for supporting a printed circuit board during insertion of a terminal through the board.... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4612700 | Component insertion apparatus Apparatus for severing components for example, electrical posts, from a strip of such components and for inserting each severed component into a workpiece, for example, a circuit board, comprises a row of strip feed units, each for feeding a different str... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4612701 | Method to reduce the height of the bird's head in oxide isolated processes The bird's heads of a local oxidation process are minimized by performing a polishing or grinding step to reduce the height of the bird's head down to a plane using the oxide inhibiting mask of the local oxidation process as a polishing stop.... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4612702 | Field coil winding A method and apparatus for winding field coils on internal poles of stator bodies, particularly for electric motors, have a magnet wire feeding needle or needles displaced eccentrically from the central armature axis of the stator body. The or each such f... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4612703 | Production of metal-plated areas on selected interior portions of deep-drawn tubular parts A method is disclosed for producing a small-diameter metal tube having a coating of a different metal on selected portions of its inner surface, the tube being used for the body of a plunger-type electrical contact. A flat piece of metal from which the tu... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4612704 | Wet-shaving unit with handle forming seats for shaving heads A wet-shaving unit with a handle able to engage an interchangeable head being provided with at least a cutting edge, in which the handle is formed as a container for separately extractable heads. The unit may comprise two handles able to be matched in suc... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4612705 | Open razor An open razor comprises a blade holder 2 pivoted to a protective cover 3 into and out of which it can be folded. The blade holder 2 supports a blade unit 8 formed by a blade 9 sandwiched between two side members 8',8" of plastics material. Guide grooves 1... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4612706 | Folding knife A folding knife has a handle and a blade pivotally connected to the handle. A linkage mechanism connects the pivoted blade to an operating lever at the base of the handle. The connection between the linkage mechanism and the operating lever constitutes a ... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4612707 | Cutting and scraping device A cutting and scraping device is formed of two substantially identical sections which are joined together to form a slot which receives a razor blade having a blade edge and a handle edge. A locking member is provided to lock the blade in place with eithe... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4612708 | Replaceable blade type medical scissors Replaceable blade type medical scissors are composed of scissor bodies and replaceable blades. Each of the replaceable blades is composed of a blade portion made of a metal plate which is bent such as to have an arcuate cross section and a retaining porti... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4612709 | Apparatus for measuring positional movement of a numerically controlled machine tool An apparatus for measuring the positional movement of a movable workpiece of a numerically controlled machine tool. The apparatus comprises an incremental linear measuring system arranged along the path of movement of the movable workpiece, a rotary measu... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4612710 | Method and apparatus for drying gel slabs An apparatus for drying gel slabs supplies heat to a horizontal gel slab from a heating plate above the slab, while drawing a vacuum beneath. The heating plate is weighted and has a flat lower surface at least coextensive with the gel slab. The slab itsel... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4612711 | Apparatus and method for drying particulate material Disclosed is an apparatus for drying particulate material. The apparatus comprises a rotatable drum positioned in an oven. Conduit means positioned in the drum offset from its axis of rotation form flow paths isolated from the inside of the drum leaving f... | 09/23/1986 |
