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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4727602 | Insulated handwear construction An insulated handwear construction which has an outer shell, an inner lining and an insulation material having thermal convection passages therein positioned between the shell and inner lining. The insulation material connects to a source of heat located ... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4727603 | Garment with light-conducting fibers An article of clothing is decorated with light-conducting fibers having varying lengths of exposed segments forming a design on the outer surface of the garment with the remainder segments of the fibers being collected on the opposite side of the clothing... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4727604 | Waste stopper arrangement An improved stopper arrangement is provided, for use with a remote stopper actuating mechanism having a mechanical lever system for raising a central post to which the waste stopper is attached. The improved stopper has a central spindle to which is attac... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4727605 | Hydrotherapy massage method and apparatus A hydrotherapy method and apparatus for discharging a fluid stream through an opening in the wall of a water tub, while concurrently translating the stream along a random path, to impact against and massage the body of a user.... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4727606 | Bathroom accessory A bathroom accessory for installation on a wall within a shower/bathtub is provided and consists of an elongated waterproof sheet that has an embossed picture of a person in a bathing suit thereon and a plurality of holders on the sheet for carrying toile... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4727607 | Water bed A water bed, comprising a box opening upwards and a watertight, closed bog placed in said box. The upper side of said bag consists of a flexible, elastic material the edge portions of which are provided with securing means intended for releasable engageme... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4727608 | Fitted bed sheet and method of making same A fitted bed sheet and a method of making the sheet from a rectangular blank of sheet material are disclosed. Resiliently extensibile strips having catches positioned at predetermined locations along the strips are enclosed within longitudinal, open-ended... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4727609 | Survival tool A survival tool having a multi-function tool head secured to an elongated hollow shaft. The tool head includes a shovel blade portion with a marginal edge terminating at a rectilinear shoulder portion that is attached to the hollow shaft. An axe blade is ... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4727610 | Multi-purpose stapler A combination stapler, tape dispenser, hole puncher, pencil sharpener, paper clip holder, and storage compartment. A function plate with a block on top of it which can be slid back and forth lengthwise along the base of the present invention, so as to set... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4727611 | Apparatus and method for dyeing yarns Apparatus for dyeing yarn of the type wherein yarn is wound on cones mounted on a carrier in a vessel fitted with inlet and outlet conduits for the dye liquor, whereby the latter may be circulated in two modes, namely, in a first mode from the inside of t... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4727612 | Tail bridge The invention provides a tail bridge for bridging a tail end of a motor vehicle and a ramp rail. A first plate to be placed on the motor vehicle tail end is joined along a straight line at one edge to a second plate making an angle of from 12 to 20 degree... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4727613 | Dock leveler A dock leveler that includes a pivotable bridge plate and an extension that can be moved back and forth relative to the latter and serves for reseting the bridge plate on a platform that is to be loaded or unloaded. A switch is provided that effects or pe... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4727614 | Ground corona comb A cleaning apparatus using an ionized fluid, such as air, to dislodge charged debris from a workpiece includes a ground corona comb disposed adjacent the workpiece. The ground corona comb has a jagged edge which conforms to the surface of the workpiece. T... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4727615 | Bowling lane maintenance apparatus The present invention provides a bowling lane maintenance apparatus of applying a conditioning oil to the surface of a bowling lane and then buff finishing the oil applied bowling lane surface, said maintenance apparatus including a body, a box member piv... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4727616 | Pick up roller A lint removal apparatus having a length of adhesive coated tape wound upon a cylindrical core which is rotatably carried by a two-piece handle assembly. Each successive layer, or winding, of adhesive tape is provided with a diagonally extending cut which... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4727617 | Chimney cleaning apparatus An improved fully automatic motor driven cleaning apparatus, which is permanently installed in a heat insulated compartment over the outlet of the chimney, without any portion of the mechanism extending into or attaching to the chimney or flue. The cleani... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4727618 | Adjustable handle on a hand implement A hand implement having an adjustable handle which is selectively movable by operation of improved retention means therefor to any of a variety of use positions, each of which corresponds to a handle position perpendicular to one of a plurality of abutmen... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4727619 | Apparatus for cleaning wheel bearings The cleaning of old grease and accumulated impurities from wheel bearings as well as the repacking of such bearings with clean grease is accomplished by mounting bearings to be cleaned in a special manner in conjunction with an appropriate brush and in su... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4727620 | Retractable carrying handle for a storage battery A carrying device for a storage battery is disclosed. In one embodiment, the carrying device comprises two retractable handles attached to the storage battery and guidance members associated with said handles for guiding the movement of the handles. Each ... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4727621 | Multiposition hinge A multiposition hood hinge for an alligator type hood includes body mounted and hood mounted hinge members which are respectively pivoted to the forward and rearward ends of an intermediate link. An intermediate portion of the link is releasably secured t... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4727622 | Hinge The hinge is particularly adapted to permit a relatively thick door to be swung open without interference from the surrounding door mounting frame. A pair of arms pivotally connect the door to the frame, with the inner end of one of the arms being mounted... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4727623 | Machine for pulling off strips of fat from hog carcasses The invention relates to a machine comprising: a chassis movable with respect to a supporting structure, a clamp comprising: two jaws, means for controlling the opening and closing of said jaws, passive counter-jaws operationally coupled to said jaws, and means for cont... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4727624 | Food casing presizing device A sizing ring for stretching tubular food casing drawn from a stuffing horn has expandable fingers which can be spontaneously adjusted during filling operations for fine tuning the diameter of casings for greater dimensional uniformity of stuffed food cas... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4727625 | Encased product and method and apparatus for encasing same An encased product is formed by continuously applying an elongated flexible ribbon to the outer cylindrical surface of a stuffing tube at a canted angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the tube and rotating the flexible ribbon at the point where ... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4727626 | Control of fibers in apron drafting systems of machinery used in the spinning process An improved fiber control for an apron drafting system of a spinning frame is disclosed which includes a rear pair of rolls (3, 6) a middle pair of rolls (2, 5), and a front pair of rolls (1, 4). A silver guidance zone is formed between upper apron 8 and ... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4727627 | Locking device particularly for ski boots The locking device comprises an operating lever, pivotally connected to one of the elements to be brought together, and supporting a take-up spool for a joining element, connected at a fixed point to the other of the elements to be brought together. The s... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4727628 | Strap buckle with self-locking function A strap buckle with self-locking function, incorporating a frame shaped holder (15) with a shaft (1) extending laterally to the inner of the frame, which shaft carries a double-armed locking member (12), pivotably against the action of a resilient member,... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4727629 | Fastener which rotates and clamps A fastener removably clamps the edges of two panels each having a hole therethrough. The fastener includes a hinge pin, about which the fastener body pivots. To clamp the panels, the hinge pin is extended through the holes in both panels to align the pane... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4727630 | Plastic buckle A plastic buckle consisting of a one-piece plastic molding has a belt insertion hole defined by top and bottom walls facing each other and opposite side walls facing each other. The front wall of the buckle has a lock portion defined by a U-shaped slit-li... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4727631 | Lock for safety belts The invention relates to a lock for safety belts, which is designed to receive a lock tongue provided with a deflection web and is equipped with a press button and which is arranged next to a high storage compartment, center armrest or the like. To make i... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4727632 | Article and method for enclosing and protecting entombment caskets To overcome problems concerning storage of entombment caskets in crypts or mausoleums, particularly garden crypts, there is provided an air-tight end-capped casket-enclosing article made of suitable material, such as rotation-molded polyethylene or other ... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4727633 | Method of securing metallic members together Two metallic members are connected together over a defined area of respective surfaces of the members by providing at least one layer of metal on at least one of the surfaces. The or each layer of metal has at least one elementary component and is of esse... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4727634 | Musical instrument transducer A transducer for a stringed musical instrument incorporating an electrically conductive ground plane, along with a plurality of piezoelectric transducers and a conductive strip. The ground plane, piezoelectric transducers and conductive strip are secured ... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4727635 | Method of securing tubes between tube sheets A method of securing tubes between tube sheets of a heat exchanger, with the tube sheets being interconnected via a housing. The tubes and/or the tube sheets of are made of a steel that has to be annealed after a welding process. To be able to provide a s... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4727636 | Manufacturing method for an elliptic gear The method includes providing an aluminum plate having an outer peripheral portion in an elliptic shape, the outer peripheral portion including a plurality of tooth portions. An intermediate element is formed by pressing the aluminum plate to cause the ou... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4727637 | Computer aided connector assembly method and apparatus A contact which is attached to a wire is fitted in a hole of a connector by first identifying the wire to which the contact is attached. The location of the hole that is to receive the contact is determined automatically from an electronic data lookup tab... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4727638 | Low cost ring laser angular rate sensor Disclosed is a method of making a plurality of ring lasers or ring laser blocks from a single block of material.... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4727639 | Method of manufacturing subcaliber segmented sabot projectile Form-locking means and process for joining same to a subcaliber projectile in a peripheral region thereof. The form-locking means consists of a material in the form of a n-phase sintered alloy having a high content of at least one heavy metal, wherein nà£... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4727640 | Easily assembled seat belt retractor and method A method for assembling a safety belt retractor in which the belt storage spool shaft and belt rub protector discs are assembled and installed simultaneously to the retractor frame. Easily assembled belt storage spool shaft and related ratchet wheel, deac... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4727641 | Thermoplastic method of reducing the diameter of a metal tube For reducing the diameter of any axially limited part of a metal tube, that part is heated externally by an annular heater while at least the adjacent part or parts of the metal tube are being cooled and held at a temperature sufficiently low to limit the... | 03/01/1988 |
