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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4722098 | Costume A costume designed for use on the legs and lower body to give the impression that the wearer is being carried by a human or other animal figure includes a hollow animal figure with an open topped body portion and leg portions, and a pair of conventional t... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4722099 | Protective motorcycle garments for maximum cooling Conductive and evaporative cooling are provided in a natural or artificial leather motorcycle garment by including mesh vents at locations which require little protection, such as adjacent the underarms extending from chest to back, inside the elbows, and... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4722100 | Makeup and clothing protector This invention relates to a head garment which can be used to protect a woman's makeup from a dress or the like and to protect the dress from makeup.... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4722101 | Optical system for protective headgear A helmet includes an optical system presenting a rearward view to the wearer as an image below the wearer's horizontal line of sight and including a plurality of optical components arranged such that the image is viewed through a viewing component positio... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4722102 | Bath fixture A bath fixture for fixing in a bath overflow hole is provided on the outside of the bath with an overflow casing and on the inside of the bath with a casing braceable therewith for receiving a mixer valve, the pipes leading to the mixer valve and a water ... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4722103 | Splash guard A device for preventing liquids or liquid-like substances splashed out of a bowl or basin from falling onto a background surface includes a base for supporting the device around a portion of the bowl or basin. A shield portion is attached to and extends u... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4722105 | Fluid support systems An air support system suitable as a hospital bed comprises a plurality of contiguous, inflatable cells 2. A blower 25 supplies inflation air to the cells. The blower 25 is driven by an electric motor 26 and solenoid valves 29, 50 operate automatically, in... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4722106 | Beehive lifting device A beehive lifting device (10) lifts beehives (106) by engaging handholds (124). As the beehive (106) is lifted by the lifting device (10), the relationship between the load lifting point (51) and the center of gravity (110) of the beehive (106) causes the... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4722107 | Methods and apparatus for making screws having a drill section and a reamer section Method and apparatus for making screw having a drill section and a reamer section, the drill section and the reamer section being shaped at one step of the process, wherein the upper portions of the reamer edges are crushed so as to be aligned with an equ... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4722108 | Bridge arrangement A temporary or permanent bridge is constructed to enable transportation across a waterway. In wartime such a bridge constitutes a bombing target. The object of the present invention is to draw attention to said bridge by creating one or more false bridges... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4722109 | Ramp for trucks and the like A ramp for trucks and the like is disclosed for use with a truck body, which includes parallel spaced rails extending longitudinally of the truck, secured to the truck chassis, of the I-beam type, carrying at least one trolley which is movable longitudina... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4722110 | Cleaning apparatus for a liquid containing vessel Apparatus is provided for cleaning the walls of liquid containing vessels, particularly swimming pools. The apparatus is powered by suction applied to an outlet. The outlet communicates with two inlets, a first inlet being positioned adjacent the vessel s... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4722111 | Hairbrush A hairbrush has an assembly of bristle tufts (2), each of which consists of a plurality of natural bristles (6) bent into a U-shape and respectively one synthetic bristle (3) bent into a U-shape, wherein the synthetic bristle (3) has legs (4 and 5) of equ... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4722112 | Roller back wiper A windshield wiper assembly includes a flexible wiper element and a semi-rigid backing strip, the wiper element having a curved roller back configuration to maintain the point of contact with the backing strip substantially directly above the wiper lip to... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4722113 | Mop handle stabilizer A mop handle stabilizer having a mop handle receipt member positioned on an inside upper portion of said bucket and a mop handle projection positioned on a mop handle adapted for the mop handle projection to be engaged into said mop handle receipt member ... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4722114 | Caster device A caster device with blocking of rotation of the caster wheel and of swiveling movement of a caster-wheel fork by displacement of a spindle which is disposed concentric to the swivel axis of the caster-wheel fork, the spindle being displaceable along the ... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4722115 | Multi-ring type leg-wheel A multi-ring type leg-wheel comprises a leg-wheel outer ring, a inner ring, and a center cap. The leg-wheel outer ring has a wheel configuration with a shaft support ring located in the middle portion of the leg-wheel outer ring, and there are a plurality... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4722116 | Remote setting-control mechanism for a door-closer latch In a cantable latching plate type of door-closer latch, a backing plate is located at the side of the latch plate opposite the door-closer cylinder. Spring fingers normally hold the latch plate against the backing plate in unlatched position. A latch-sett... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4722117 | Scallop cleaning machine An apparatus for cleaning shellfish such as scallops to separate the edible muscle tissue from the waste soft mass of viscera and organs. The apparatus has a plurality of reciprocating plates alternating with stationary working plates, where the forward a... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4722118 | Device to draw off card web A fiber carding web emerging from a pair of crush rollers is taken off and is gathered into a fiber sliver by at least one endless conveyor belt which is guided by means of a first and a second guide roll and is tangent to the pair of rollers across their... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4722119 | Anti-theft fastening device A fastening device which is of one piece construction of a ferromagnetic material, having in it formed a pair of jaws through which a fastening pin is inserted and tightly engaged from reverse travel due to the inward bias and angle of the jaws, thereby p... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4722120 | Spring clip A spring clip includes bosses and pivot holes on flanges at two opposite sides of each of two clamping members for connecting pivotally the clamping members wherein the flange bearing the boss at each side is sandwiched between two other flanges bearing t... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4722121 | Apparatus for separating knitted garment pieces Fabric made up of a series of knitted collars, sleeve bands, bottom bands, plackets, or the like, intended for use on knitted sport shirts, blouses, and the like, and held together by a separator thread with a relatively high melting point is separated by... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4722122 | Rotation station for remotely installing mechanical tube plugs A method and apparatus for installing a mechanical tube plug 74 to assure the integrity of the seal between the tube plug 74 and tube 66. The actual torque applied in accomplishing each step in the tube plug installation process is monitored and recorded ... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4722123 | Driving system for automatic lathes An electric motor can drive a workpiece and a tool simultaneously at speeds in a ratio adjustable at will. The workpiece is driven via two pulleys and a belt, while the tool is driven via further pulleys and a belt from a hydraulic circuit comprising a pu... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4722124 | Method of manufacturing the writing tip of a ball point pen A method of manufacturing the writing tip of a ball point pen which has the steps of inwardly pressing the end of a fine metallic tube at the entire periphery to form a drawn portion, drawing the inner wall of the drawn portion to form a ball holding port... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4722125 | Method for producing a tungsten carbide tip punch A method for producing a tungsten carbide tip punch includes: (1) preparing a punch rod including a top surface having a cylindrical protrusion; (2) placing on the top surface of the punch rod a tungsten carbide piece having a hardness greater than that of the... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4722126 | Method and apparatus for the manufacture of a single-rotation machine having an internal axis The engagement parts of the external rotor of a single-rotation machine having an internal axis with sealing between its rotors and with respect to the machine casing by sealing gaps, are manufactured as single parts and following reciprocal alignment are... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4722127 | Method of servicing condensate line of an air conditioner For servicing clogged air conditioner condensate lines, a coupling assembly is disclosed that provides access to the clogged line. The coupling assembly is adapted for fitting a plurality of differently sized condensate lines. Once connected to the conden... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4722128 | Loading tool A hand tool for loading an easily damaged resilient elongated object having a generally planar end into a closely fitting relatively rigid casing of conforming shape including a lever member, an elongated tension member with a member for engaging the end ... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4722129 | Tool for extracting insulated wires from a shielded cable A hand-held tool having an elongated rod-like body with an arcuately-shaped head tapered to a rounded point for use in removing insulated wires from the end of a braided shielded cable. The tip is intentionally rounded to prevent puncturing the insulation... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4722130 | Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device which comprises the step of forming grooves in the form of a grid on the upper surface of a semiconductor wafer formed with elements, the step of grinding or polishing the underside of the semi... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4722131 | Air cushion shoe sole An air cushion shoe sole which is preferably blow molded of elastomeric material and has at least one cavity which in cross-section is substantially rectilinear. The cavity has a number of depressions and each cavity has an air valve for introducing a sho... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4722132 | Splicing method for tire sheet material An overlapping layer (24) of a first body of deformable material is pressed by an edge (78) of each of a plurality of blade members (42) into an overlapped layer (26) of a second body of resilient material forming slots (74) in the second body with ribs (... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4722133 | Tool transfer mechanism for machine tools A tool transfer mechanism for transferring a tool between a gateway position of a tool storage magazine and an exchange position adjacent a spindle which includes a base mounted on a frame, an actuator for rectilinearly moving the base, and a holding arm ... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4722134 | Process of producing superconducting bar magnets A bar magnet is provided comprising a billet of superconducting material in a superconducting condition and having an established magnetic field. The bar magnet is formed by exposing the billet of superconducting material to a magnetic field of the desire... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4722135 | Apparatus for placing surface mounting devices on a printer circuit board The disclosed invention provides manually operated apparatus for precise placement of surface mounting integrated circuit devices on a printed circuit board. A dispensing unit operates to position a device into an oriented, predetermined position with res... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4722136 | Snap-in convenience electrical connector system and method of assembly A convenience electrical connector that is snap-mounted to a wall panel. The body portion forms a body planar surface that is adapted to grip the inner wall of the panel. A cover secures the inner side of the body member. A pair of opposed biasable arms c... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4722137 | High frequency hermetically sealed package for solid-state components A package for discrete components is hermetically sealed, has very low parasitic inductance and capacitance, small size, 50 ohm input and output leads and is suitable for surface mount applications. The package comprises a ceramic base and a ceramic lid, ... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4722138 | Cutting and insulation stripping apparatus for electrical conductor A manually actuated electrical conductor wire insulation cutting and stripping apparatus has an elongated housing adapted to be mounted on a conductor wrapping tool or connected to a pistol grip type handle. The housing supports a wire cut off blade assem... | 02/02/1988 |
