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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4617684 | Protective palm-pad A hand mounted player's protective palm pad has palm configured two piece pad and two fastening loops secured to the pad, one small loop and one much larger. The one small loop encircles the base of the user's forefinger; the much larger loop extends abou... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617685 | Ornamental belt An ornamental elasticized fabric belt is featured having a number of ornamental discs or medallions arranged in seriatim about the band. The medallions overlap each other giving a unique and expensive appearance to the belt. As the belt is caused to expan... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617686 | Protective eyewear Protective eyewear, to be worn while engaging in sporting activities, such as racquetball, squash, etc., includes frame portions each having an upper segment and a lower segment defining a viewing aperture. The upper segment is upwardly inclined from hori... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617687 | Ventilated toilet A ventilated toilet is disclosed which includes an exhaust fan assembly, electrical connections therefor, and a normally open pneumatically operated switch element, all of which are located remote from the toilet area so that the user is never endangered ... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617688 | Toilet having adjustable water-spray nozzles A toilet includes a warm water source, two valves controlling two branch water conduits directing water from the water source, a rear-side nozzle, a front-side nozzle, and two spraying-angle adjuster, in that each spraying-angle adjuster includes a bellow... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617689 | Bed frame and releasable coupling employed therein A knockdown platform or storage bed employs single or double rows of U-shaped channel members to join laterally opposed sideboards, through a detachable coupling at opposed ends of the channel members, to receivers fixed to the inside of the sideboards at... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617690 | Inflatable bed patient mattress The mattress includes a hollow, elongated, fluid-inflated mattress body which may be permanently inflated or inflatable and deflatable by connection with a suitable inflation device. The mattress also includes a selectively inflatable patient support comp... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617691 | Support pillow A generally rectangular or other suitably shaped support pillow adapted to be removably secured around a users neck. A single elongated wedge-shaped pillow segment is provided with fasteners for joining one end to the other. The wedge shape gives increase... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617692 | Tool for drilling and securing screw anchor to a wall A tool is disclosed for both drilling a hole and thereafter securing a screw anchor therein in a quick and expeditious manner. The tool comprises a handle with a threaded stem extending therefrom. The threaded stem allows a screw anchor and a hard plastic... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617693 | Drain pipe cleaning tool A drain cleaning assembly including a housing for storing an elongated flexible material auger type cable mounted in surrounding relation about a rotatable drum of the housing and positionable between an operable and a stored position through rotation of ... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617694 | Finger-mounted device for cleaning teeth A finger-mounted device for cleaning teeth having an improved teeth cleaning surface, pick means for cleaning between the teeth, a nonslip finger-engaging means, and means for providing a length of dental floss. The improved teeth cleaning surface consist... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617695 | Toothbrush A toothbrush having a brush handle and brush head is provided with a plurality of openings in the brush head for receiving therein bundles of bristles. Each of the plurality of openings is in the shape of a hexagon having parallel elongated sides and roun... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617696 | Scraper and scrubber for fruits, vegetables and the human body A scraper and scrubber includes a hollow, elongated cylindrical body having an outer surface; a plurality of parallel, circumferentially spaced, V-shaped channels having a first depth extending in the longitudinal direction on the outer surface to form a ... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617697 | Moldable handle adapter A handle adapter for hand molding around an existing handle and constructed in a manner enabling the user to shape the external surface of the adapter to conform to the grip of the user's hand. The material to be molded is contained in a pouch having flex... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617698 | Spring-biased hinge assembly for spectacles This invention relates to a spring-biased hinge assembly for spectacles. The hinge assembly comprises a bow-side section defining a cavity, and a slider, which carries a bow-side hinge element and extends into the cavity and is adapted to be extended from... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617699 | Hinge structure for a sun visor or the like which features a single storage position snap action function A shaft which pivotally supports a sun visor is formed with flat surfaces at longitudinally staggered positions and on opposite sides of the shaft, a spring is attached to the visor proper which has flat portions for engaging the flat surfaces so that a "... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617700 | Process and apparatus for the hygienic extraction and collection of animal blood fit and unfit for human consumption A process for the hygienic extraction and separate collection of animal blood fit and unfit for consumption, comprises stunning the animals prior to stabbing and providing the animals with serial numbers suitable for identification of the carcass and the ... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617701 | Method of dispensing a deformable and flowable filling material A method of dispensing pasty material, in particular sausage meat, is described in which the filled material is first introduced into a filling funnel, is preferably de-aerated, and is subsequently transferred into a filling cylinder, with the transfer be... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617702 | Tie mount An elongated, semi-rigid tie mount is disclosed, composed of polymer material and having a central, rectangular, U-shaped cross-sectional portion. A square or circular disk-shaped head is integrally formed at one end of the tie mount. A thin, rectangular ... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617703 | Device for tightening chains and the like A device for tightening chains, cables or ropes is disclosed. Previously, turnbuckles or load binders, the latter operating on the principle of the lever, have been used to tighten two ends of a chain or cable around an object, or the ends of two chains w... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617704 | Swivel snap hook of synthetic resin In a swivel snap hook of synthetic resin, a unitary hook member has a hook body and a resiliently deformable closure tongue molded integrally therewith, and a free end of the closure tongue, as the latter is in a free form, is disposed in the general plan... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617705 | Child belt buckle A buckle for receiving a tongue. A pair of helical springs are positioned between a latch and a main body having first slots for receiving one edge of a reinforcement plate pivoted downward depressing the latch springs and snapping into place into a yield... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617706 | Device for manipulating cadavers A device for manipulating cadavers is described incorporating a support apparatus and a harness apparatus. The support apparatus is comprised of two side rails assemblies, a foot rail assembly and a head rail assembly. The harness apparatus, which is secu... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617707 | Method for the manufacture of an ultrasonics antenna array A method for the manufacture of a linear or annular ultrasonics antenna array for the megahertz range, which consists in providing a laminate of alternating layers of unsintered ceramic and spacing layers, the spacing layers being composed of a filler mat... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617708 | Component module for piggyback mounting on a circuit package having dual-in-line leads, and methods of fabricating same A component module (15, 70), adapted for piggyback mounting on an IC Dip (51,81), preferably incorporates a decoupling capacitor (18, 44, 74), with opposite end electrodes (23, 24), encapsulated within a molded housing (21, 72) of preferably parallelepipe... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617709 | Segmental shell for a coal crusher roll including specialized removal means A coal crusher roll includes a smooth tubular cylindrical back-up roll having a series of regularly spaced tapped radial holes to receive bolts by which eight identical shell segments may be fastened on the back-up roll. The holes at the axial ends of the... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617710 | Insulator removal tool A tool for urging an enlarged head of a vehicular exhaust system mounting stud from an insulator. The tool includes a driver having a driving shaft for contacting the enlarged head and applying forces thereto. The tool also includes a support pivotally mo... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617711 | Method and apparatus for repairing automatic transmissions In automatic transmissions for use in automobiles and other vehicles, the shaft on the forward pump cover is generally sealed with respect to the direct clutch housing by way of split seal rings, each fitting within an appropriate groove on the pump cover... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617712 | Method for replacing Corvette door hinge spring A method of replacing a broken S-shaped door hinge spring of a Corvette motor car by removing the broken spring, placing a new S-shaped spring in the keeper hole and keeper slots of the hinge plate on the body, and then twisting the spring with a hand too... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617713 | Nursery pot cutting tool A tool for facilitating the removal of temporary fiber or plastic film pots from shrubs or other nursery products. The tool comprises an elongated rod having a spike tip at one thereof and a gripping handle integrally formed at the other end. A thin flexi... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617714 | Process and apparatus for finishing a guide roller A process and apparatus for finishing the surface of a guide roller uses a drive belt under tension to ensure a uniform surface finish. Prior to surface machining, bearings at el. are inserted into the central bore of a guide roller sleeve to form a guide... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617715 | Method for preliminary anchoring of a wire rope bolt The invention relates to a method and mechanism for preliminary anchoring of a wire rope bolt in a bore by means of friction. The object is to eliminate the need to use wooden wedges or to bend the strands of the rope backwards, procedures which are time-... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617716 | Method of joining edges of two elongated webs In a process for continuously pulling a web of tows of carbonizable material under tension through an oxidizing oven, the web is introduced into the oxidizing oven by initially feeding a leader in the form of a web of heat-resistant cloth through the oven... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617717 | Composite member comprising metallic sheet bent to be arcuate in section and rigid synthetic resin coating A length composite member comprising a metallic sheet and a rigid synthetic resin coating is bent to be arcuate in transversal section. The thickness of the metallic sheet of such composite member as bent to be arcuate in transversal section is extremely ... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617718 | Method in the manufacture of tartar removing dental instruments A method in the manufacture of tartar removing dental instruments of the type comprising a longitudinal tool portion having a triangular cross-section tapering towards the tip, at least two of the three edges along the lateral faces of the tool portion be... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617719 | Tape staking and control apparatus There is disclosed in the present application an apparatus for staking to a leader block the trailing end of a length of magnetic tape wound on a reel of a substantially closed cartridge. The leader block is sized and shaped to fit into and close an openi... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617720 | Automated machine tool having a rotary indexing fixture There is provided by this invention an automated machine tool having a rotary indexing table that allows the machine tool to precisely rotate a workpiece 360° to perform a machining function. The rotary indexing table has an aperture therein designed to ... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617721 | Jaw changing apparatus An apparatus is provided which enables the jaws of a chuck 10 to be removed from and inserted into jaw-ways 12, 13, 14 using a conventional workpiece handler, rather than a sophisticated and highly accurate dedicated jaw handling mechanism. A conventional... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617722 | Method for electrically interconnecting solar cells A method for electrically interconnecting a plurality of solar cells in series using a multi-faced drum, a first bus spool having an associated first bus strip, and a second bus spool having an associated second bus strip, wherein the method involves plac... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4617723 | Method and device for creating an activatable conducting link in a semiconductor device A method of creating a conducting link between conducting paths of semiconductor device at a specified portion in an integrated circuit. The link is formed using a polysilicon insulating layer having a metal film formed thereon. To activate the link, it i... | 10/21/1986 |
