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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4615326 | Archery bow attachment The present invention provides an attachment for an archery bow which allows a bow string to be pre-cocked prior to use. The attachment comprises a plate attached to a midpoint on the bow and an elongated rod having one end adapted to engage the bow strin... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4615327 | Resiliently mounted stabilizer A two stage resiliently mounted stabilizer adapted to be attached to an archery bow. The first stage of the stabilizer has a first housing resiliently mounted to a pedestal by use of a flat resilient washer and a tubular resilient member within the housin... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4615328 | Solar powered fluid heating system having an improved thermal collector assembly A solar powered fluid heating system includes a thermal collector for vaporizing a refrigerant, a separator for removing any liquid component from the vapor component of the heated refrigerant, and a condenser for transferring heat from the refrigerant va... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4615329 | Solar heat collector arrangement A solar heat collector arrangement including at least one straight-tubing type solar heat collector and first and second frame members for supporting the straight-tubing type solar heat collector. A reflector mirror is provided for directing sunrays into ... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4615330 | Noise suppressor for electronic endoscope A noise suppressor is provided for an electronic endoscope which incorporates a diathermic cutter or an ultrasonic diagnosis system. The electronic endoscope utilizes a solid-state camera, and in order to prevent noises from being superimposed upon the si... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4615331 | Medical instruments with aid to introduction An elongated medical instrument for the examination or treatment of body cavities, in particular endoscopes, with a device to assist introduction by the principle of the tubular structure which becomes everted is described, which instrument comprises the ... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4615332 | Flexible multichannel endoscope having axial shaft portions of different flexibility A flexible or partially flexible endoscope comprising several passages and image guides passing through the shaft has the features that its distal omnilaterally steerable shaft is proximally constructed semirigidly or rigidly, is secured in a coupling ele... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4615333 | Rigid endoscope of oblique window type A lens tube capable to view obliquely forwards through an observation optical system having the oblique tip face inclined from a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of tubular sheath tube comprising the outer periphery of probe of endoscope is ar... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4615334 | Surgical pad for gynecological procedures A surgical pad adapted for use with a speculum blade insertable into the vaginal cavity of a patient, in performing a dilation a curettage procedure, generally comprising a pad disposable on the speculum blade for collecting curetted tissue, the pad havin... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4615335 | Motorized exercise apparatus for mounting on hospital bedrail Apparatus for permitting exercise by a bedridden patient includes a patient bed having guard rails extending generally along one side and with a bracket supported by the rails. A motor is carried by the bracket, the motor having a drive shaft extending ge... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4615336 | Automatic massaging machine An automatic massaging machine is capable of giving various kinds of massage, adapted to massage the human back in different massage modes such as rubdown, patting, rolling, rubdown-rolling, and patting-rolling. The massaging machine includes two electric... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4615337 | Penile support This support is used as an aid in male sexual weakness. It is a resilient dorso-lateral clip-on penile support which snaps around the penis and which maintains its shape due to the fact that it is made of a deformable plastic material with a memory. Proxi... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4615338 | Automatic compression-distraction apparatus A drive of a compression-distraction apparatus, comprising a lead screw whose thread is mated with an opening of a ratchet wheel placed in a housing, a pawl interacting with teeth of the wheel and connected to a load-bearing element manufactured from an a... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4615339 | Pediatric arm restraining device A device formed as a sleeve from a flat fabric rectangle with engaging VELCRO attachment strips along opposite edges and sides of the rectangle. The VELCRO strips are overlapping to provide circumferential adjustment to the arm upon application and quick ... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4615340 | Sensor assembly suitable for blood gas analysis and the like and the method of use A sensor assembly for electrochemical analysis of a substance comprises a housing and electrodes for sensing selective gases and ions within the housing. A sampler is associated with the housing for introducing the substance to be analyzed into the housin... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4615341 | Syringe device for physiological fluid sampling A physiological fluid sampling device connectable to a hypodermic needle has a sampling chamber of selectably variable volume defined by a sealing member in the form of a piston which is manually movable in a housing member due to its attachment to a plun... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4615342 | Device for determining continuously the hardness of a smokable article A device for determining continuously the hardness of a smokable article, more particularly a cigarette, from the mechanical properties of a rod of tobacco fibres during the manufacture of this smokable article, which ascertains the temperature of the for... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4615343 | Device for compressing tobacco in tobacco comminuting machines Each tobacco compacting chain of a tobacco shredding machine has several rows of block-shaped synthetic plastic links which are articulately connected to each other by transversely extending metallic pins receiving motion directly from the teeth of severa... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4615344 | Cigarette with automatic ventilation valve A cigarette is provided with an automatic valve responsive to the moisture content of the smoke for controlling induction of air into the smoke thereby compensating for the increase of nicotine concentration as the cigarette smokes down. The valve utilize... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4615345 | Wrapper constructions for self-extinguishing smoking articles The invention is an improved specially designed wrapper construction for smoking articles producing controlled burn properties of smoking articles such as cigarettes so that the cigarette will self-extinguish after free burning in air for a designed time ... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4615346 | Permanent wave treatment to hair and material used therein A test for the completeness of an application of neutralizer solution to hair during a permanent wave treatment is disclosed in which a small quantity of an acid-base indicator added to the neutralizer solution produces a visible change in the color of th... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4615347 | Scent disk for hair dryer An attachment for a hair dryer which adds a scent or perfume to the warm air blowing out of a hair dryer. The attachment consists of a disk designed to fit onto the front end of a conventional hair dryer. The disk includes an annular ring with an outer di... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4615348 | Method for adhering artificial nail A method for adhering an artificial nail to a natural nail by the use of an adhesive comprising at least one of -cyanoacrylates of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R is n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, methoxyethyl, ethoxyethyl or etrahydr... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4615349 | Disposable dental flosser A disposable dental flosser comprises a resilient plastic tuning fork-like holder and a dental floss element secured under tension to the tips of the two prongs of the holder. The ends of the floss element are retained to the holder in an inexpensive yet ... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4615350 | Coin dispensing devices A coin dispensing device having a resiliently biased ejector member opposite a coin runner. The ejector member being adapted to interact with a coin attempting to pass out of the device along the runner when that coin is not positioned to pass beneath the... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4615351 | Method of and apparatus for monitoring the surface level of material in a vessel The impedance of a zone above bulk material in a bin is measured as a probe is reciprocated toward and away from the material in this zone. The direction-change location of the probe which corresponds to the measured impedance reaching a set point value, ... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4615352 | Process and apparatus for supplying a mixture of CO2 and SO2 or a like mixture under pressure The gaseous CO2 is supplied at a pressure of 10 bars and at a constant rate of flow to the primary inlet (3) of an aspiration device (1). Gaseous SO2 coming from a cylinder (24) which is heated and contains liquid SO2 is c... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4615353 | Pneumatic control valves with diaphragm actuators and modular body structure Pressure fluid control valves include modular body structures made up of a plurality of end to end connected body parts which are preferably finish fabricated by injection molding of thermoplastic. An axially movable closure member is supported in coaxial... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4615354 | Valve system timing device for pipes carrying liquid under pressure A valve system timing device for pipes carrying fluid under pressure operable to control a fluid, so as to define an upstream and a downstream fluid pipe includes a first or by-pass shutter provided with a modulating flowrate limiting device for slowly pr... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4615355 | Automobile anti-theft device A device for locking the automatic transmission of an automobile is described to deter theft. The device locks either the outer manual lever, the detent lever or the manual valve. Once locked a spring keeps the transmission locked unless unlocked. The unl... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4615356 | Modulating pressure operated pilot relief valve A main valve includes a product pressure inlet, an outlet, a movable closure member and a pressurized head volume above the closure member. Product pressure relief flow through the main valve is controlled by a modulating, pressure operated pilot relief v... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4615357 | Apparatus for controlling actuators operative under negative pressure An actuator control apparatus used for the control or the like of an air-conditioning system installed in a motor vehicle comprises a pressure source capable of producing alternately a negative pressure and the atmospheric pressure, a decision circuit for... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4615358 | Pilot valves for two-stage hydraulic devices A solenoid-operated pilot valve for a two stage hydraulic device comprises a spool (4) slidably mounted in a housing for movement in opposite directions from a normal null position in order to deliver fluid under pressure to the second stage (2) of the de... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4615359 | Shroud for aircraft duct The shroud is formed from sheet material and is cylindrical in shape. A plurality of spacers are associated with the sheet material. These spacers are designed to engage the outer surface of a duct to hold the cylindrical sheet material in radially outwar... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4615360 | Means providing separation of exterior sheath of liquid on dispensing tip There is disclosed apparatus in which an aspirating and dispensing tip is provided with liquid wherein residual liquid is left as a sheath on the exterior of the tip after aspiration. The apparatus is improved to include means exterior of the dispensing t... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4615361 | Evacuating pump An evacuating pump has a hollow cylindrical body, a cap at one end of the body, and a nozzle at the opposite end. A plunger disposed within the body has a piston attached to an inner end of a reciprocating rod, while the outer end of the rod extends throu... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4615362 | Overfill and spillage protection device An environmentally safe protection device is provided to contain and store both fill hose spillage and underground tank overfill of gasoline and diesel fuel. The containment and protection device has a fill tube and an auxiliary vapor return tube to accom... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4615363 | Filling and weighing machine An apparatus for dispensing predetermined weights of material into containers. The apparatus includes a pair of pivotable support members, a feeding chute, and two flexible lines. In operation, when one of the containers is filled, the feeding chute is pi... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4615364 | Developer incoming device in electrostatic reproducing apparatus A powdered developer supplying device in an electrostatic reproducing apparatus comprises a developer hopper and a developer receptacle. A cover for opening and closing a developer inlet opening of the developer receptacle is urged by a spring in the clos... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4615365 | Tool support for a wood turning lathe The present invention provides a tool support for a hand held wood turning tool. The tool support includes a parallel sided elongated slot through which the tool extends during use and which restrains rotational movement of the tool about its longitudinal... | 10/07/1986 |
