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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4680812 | Armor for protecting body regions A plurality of plates are placed in overlapping relationship in an elongated array extending along the spinal column or other body area to be protected. The plates are pivotally interconnected by joints which allow relative rotation to a limited extent be... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4680813 | Body protective garment A body protective garment including a fabric shell and woven fasteners for fastening body protective pads to its inner surface.... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4680814 | Shoulder pad spring arch system A spring arch system for a shoulder pad, such as a football shoulder pad. The spring arch system comprises inner and outer arches of generally inverted U-shape as viewed from the side. The outer arch extends substantially over the inner arch from a forwar... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4680815 | Solar powered headwear fan The present invention includes a self-contained personal cooling device. It is a one-piece modular component which is pre-wired and interchangeable between different hats. The components of the modular unit are employed in the unit to effect total body co... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4680816 | Multiple-ring toilet seat assembly and mounting means A toilet seat assembly arranged to be readily and simply decoupled from a toilet bowl for cleaning includes an improved pivotable mounting assembly whereby forces will not be applied to any significant degree to the pivot pins. Further, the mounting arran... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4680817 | Compact personal hygiene center A personal hygiene center comprises in combination a tub, hand-held shower head mounted on the tub and toilet. The tub has upright front and rear walls and opposing end walls. A ceiling interconnects the walls and is of a height to accommodate a normal pe... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4680818 | Transfer device for moving recumbent person A device for moving a recumbent person comprises a baseplate, an insertion plate formed integrally of two flat plates stacked vertically with a small gap therebetween and attached to the baseplate to be horizontally extensible and retractable with respect... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4680819 | Invalid hoists A mobile invalid hoist comprises a lifting arm projecting from an upstanding support column mounted on a mobile chassis. The chassis comprises a main portion which supports the column, and two chassis side members which are pivotally mounted on the main c... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4680820 | Convertible water bed A convertible water bed comprising a bed frame, a water-filled mattress supported on the bed frame, a movable flexible mattress support member slidably connected at two opposite edges to side boards of the bed frame for movement between a use position abo... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4680821 | Sheet bedding construction for institutional use An improved sheet bedding construction for institutional use is described which includes a bottom sheet of cloth material the head portion of which is adapted to be non-elastically fitted over the two corners of the head portion of a mattress, the ends of... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4680822 | Bedding incorporating far infrared radiator A bedding incorporates a piece or pieces of an alumina, zirconium, silicon or other specified far infrared radiating ceramic which radiates electromagnetic waves with a peak wavelength of 8 to 14 μm when heated, particularly, to a temperature approximate... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4680823 | Method of making a self-locking blind fastener In a blind fastener (20) of the kind comprising a tubular nut (22) having a shank (28) with a head (30) at one end and a tapered nose (32) at the other end, a headed bolt (24) threadedly engaged in the bore (34) of the nut (22), and an expansible sleeve (... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4680824 | Flexible gun-bore cleaning implement with rotatable pusher end A cleaning rod or implement for the bore of airguns, which rod has a highly flexible, non-metallic tubular body having a rotatably-mounted pusher piece secured at one end thereof for pushing a cleaning pellet through the bore of the gun and expelling it f... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4680825 | Pressure-sensing toothbrush holder A device for sensing the amount of force applied to teeth during brushing. The device consists of a single toothbrush holder in which a toothbrush is pivotally supported by means of teeth and spring rib. A metal spring is arranged to provide an adjustable... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4680826 | Floor wiper frame A floor wiper formed from two frame portions which are pivotal with respect to each other, and adapted to be locked by magnetic means, having a pedal disposed on one frame portion, and engaging the other, which pedal is adapted to disengage the magnetic l... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4680827 | Vacuum cleaner In a vacuum cleaner for industry and household in which the speed control for the blower motor for the vacuum cleaner is effected by evaluating the dust concentration given at any time in the suction line by opto-electrical means (light transmitters, ligh... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4680828 | Hardware for mounting a sliding door panel Hardware for converting a door panel into a sliding door includes a pair of two-wheel trolley assemblies for supporting a door panel, a one piece track for attachment above a door opening, and a guide assembly for the bottom of the door panel for stabiliz... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4680829 | Hollow sheet metal utensil handle fastening assembly A hollow sheet metal handle for fastening to a welding bolt weldably secured to utensils. The welding bolt has a triangular or polygonal cross section and a bore having an internal thread. A shaped part of sheet metal is welded to the utensil in the conne... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4680830 | Furniture hinge having an intermediate mounting member and a separate disengaging mechanism A hinge includes a hinge arm having a U-shaped profile. The hinge arm is adjustably held on a mounting plate by a self-resilient member formed, of sheet steel. The member is also adjustably held on the hinge arm and embraces the mounting plate at both sid... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4680831 | Power tool device Disclosed is a power tool device comprising a motor capable of driving a tool, a tool operatively connected to the motor, and a handgrip containing a switch for actuating the motor. The switch comprises two electrical contacts biased from contacting each ... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4680832 | Meat tenderizing needle A meat tenderizing needle is sharpened to provide first and second side faces which converge and meet at its distal end to form a pair of sharp tangs which are separated by a notch. The first and second side faces having first and second root edges extend... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4680833 | Drawing apparatus A drafting apparatus for roving or sliver, designed for high speed pneumatic spinning machines. The drafting apparatus comprises inlet and outlet drawing pairs of rollers as well as pair of endless aprons. The upper drawing roller of the outgoing drawing ... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4680834 | Cable tie A device for tying cable bundles including a plastic tightening strap of indeterminate length having transverse ribs and a separate locking piece also of plastic, having an orifice for receipt of two thicknesses of the tightening strap and two tongues whi... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4680835 | Sport shoe lacing device A lacing device in which the adjusting and maintaining of the vamp can be conveniently achieved. The device is slidably attached at an appropriate position to a lace such that it can be moved upward or downward as desired.... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4680836 | One-piece plastics fastener There is disclosed a one-piece molded fastener composed of plastics material, wherein there is a socket hav ing a through-passage and a head connected by a filament. The head is insertable into the socket in one direction to be non-releaseably gripped by ... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4680837 | Plastic swivel connector and mold therefor A plastic swivel connector for releasably attaching articles together and a mold are provided in complementary architectures which permit the connector to easily be injection molded in a one-shot process with substantial reductions in cycle time and post ... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4680838 | Device for detachably connecting two elements One or the female part of two releasably connected parts has a recess, cavity or the like, the second or male part is a couterpart insertable therein. Engaging elements are formed by at least one layer of elastic, vertically extending bristles, short fibe... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4680839 | Link chain, especially a tentering chain The links (1) of a chain such as a tentering chain are respectively connected to each other by pins (6). In order to secure the pin against rotating and against axial shifting, an end of the pin (6) protruding beyond an outer surface of a lug (2) of the c... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4680840 | Method for prepolarizing and centering a piezoceramic power switching device This application describes a number of novel advanced piezoelectric ceramic power switching devices which are mounted within protective gastight enclosures that are either evacuated to a high degree of vacuum or filled with an inert gas protective atmosph... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4680841 | Electrical harness fabrication apparatus Disclosed is an apparatus for fabricating cable harness assemblies of the type wherein a plurality of mating pairs of electrical connector parts are terminated to a continous flat cable segment. Termination includes compressing a predetermined cable porti... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4680842 | Multiple part simultaneous forming apparatus An apparatus for simultaneously working a plurality of workpieces comprising a support wheel defining a rotary axis and a periphery, means for rotatably indexing said support wheel in preselected angular steps about said axis, receiving means on said supp... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4680843 | Apparatus for rotating the shells of rolls in calenders or the like The cylindrical shell of a roll in a calender is rotatable about and is movable radially of a stationary carrier. The shell receives torque from a gear which is rotatably journalled in a housing. The housing is movable radially of the shell by a motor ope... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4680844 | Method of manufacturing a rotor A method of manufacturing a rotor (70) for use in an air motor. A shaft (10) is machined to have bearing surfaces (16 and 18) and adjacent ends (12 and 14), respectively. A working surface (20) with helix grooves (22, 24 and 26) is machined into the shaft... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4680845 | Method of manufacturing lateral header extensions An aluminum header tube having a plurality of integral and regularly spaced lateral extensions is formed according to a method which includes the steps of forming stubs for the extensions, inserting a tool through each stub and into the interior of the he... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4680846 | Material saving method for truing track wheels Track wheels, especially railroad wheels, are trued in a material saving manner by first displacing material from zones of lesser wear to zones of higher wear on the wheel tread and/or on the wheel flange including the flank area of the flange, especially... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4680847 | Method of producing a spring plate A spring plate for transmitting or storing forces is made of plates of material by punching and has radial webs connected in meander form by peripheral bridges. The radial webs between successive bridges are separated by narrow slots whose width, measured... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4680848 | Pipe tapping tool A machine for safely cutting a hole in a pressurized main pipe wall within an attached branch pipe, without requiring temporary main pipe clamps or permanent branch line valves and fittings. The pipe tapping machine is clamped to the branch pipe, providin... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4680849 | Apparatus for assembling a bicycle frame An apparatus for assembling a bicycle frame of the type in which the head tube, bottom bracket and seat post bracket include stubs for receiving connecting tubes in a press fit. The apparatus includes a base, a clamp for receiving the bottom bracket, a ca... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4680850 | Process for removing the wrapper from a fibre bundle Process for removing the wrapper from a fibre bundle, characterized thereby that it mainly consists in successively gripping the fibre bundle (1) at the wrapper (2), freeing the embraced bundle of fibres (4) over a determined length from said wrapper (2),... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4680851 | Method of setting up rotary slitter tooling A method of setting up tooling on parallel rotary arbors for cutting plural parallel longitudinal slits in a web of sheet material advancing between the arbors, using a set of tooling comprising multiple circular cutter elements and multiple circular spac... | 07/21/1987 |
