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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4730354 | Glove A sporting glove adapted to extend over the hand of a human being, the glove including finger covering portions, a thumb covering portion, a palm covering portion, a wrist covering portion and a portion for covering the back of the hand wherein all of the... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4730355 | Pneumatic wave generator employing four-way valve arrangement A four-way air directional valve assembly is disclosed in combination with apparatus employed for pneumatically generating waves in a wave pool having a plurality of wave generating chambers arranged side-by-side and extending across the width of a pool a... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4730356 | Bed having adjustable tension control A novel bed having a horizontal support frame affixed to a plurality of vertical legs and providing a stretchable mat made of a porous support surface which may be subjected to selected tension by a plurality of springs and spring adjustment bars whereby ... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4730357 | Bedding box spring A bedding mattress support foundation comprises a base frame, a plurality of formed wire springs mounted upon the base frame, and a wire grid mounted atop the formed wire springs. Each formed wire spring comprises a generally S-shaped horizontal load supp... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4730358 | Sinuous spring module box spring assembly A box spring assembly includes a base frame, a top wire grid and a plurality of sinuous wire springs interconnecting the top wire grid and the base frame. The sinuous wire springs each comprise a sinuous wire strip formed into a U-shaped configuration wit... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4730359 | Device for controlling the spacing of the plates on a bridging arrangement for expansion joints in bridges or the like A device for controlling the spacing of the plates on a bridging arrangement for expansion joints in bridges or the like, in which device one or more plates run parallel between edge beams defining the expansion joint and are mounted on cross-members brid... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4730360 | Apparatus for cleaning textile slats of venetian blinds or the like The invention provides an apparatus by which a thorough cleaning free of wrinkles is achieved for any type of slats (A) in that the lower brush roller (15) of the brush roller pair (14,15) is mounted to dip into a fluid bath (B) in the container box (1) a... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4730361 | Hairbrush constructed and arranged to lift and shape hair This invention relates to a hairbrush that comprises bristles or bunches of bristles arranged in parallel rows. The length of the bristles in each row differs from row to row in the direction in which the brush is moved through the hair of a person whose ... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4730362 | Hand vacuum cleaner A hand vacuum cleaner is provided comprising a lightweight motor housing containing a revolving brush. A bag assembly is selectively separable from the housing and is sealable to the housing with an elastomeric retaining ring including a sealing and retai... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4730363 | Wiring grommet with retractable lid A wiring grommet comprised of three components. A retractable lid is carried by a cylindrical cover which is shaped to closely nest within a cylindrical sleeve body. The retractable lid is attached to the cover by means of protrusions formed at each end o... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4730364 | Data processor flush hinge assembly A combined flush hinge and hold-open is described for hinging a panel flush with respect to a surface, such as may be used for hinging a liquid crystal display to a portable computer. The panel is connected to the surface through a pair of hinges, which a... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4730365 | Poultry neck breaker assembly The present invention is directed to a neck breaking assembly for a poultry processing operation wherein the bird's neck is first aligned and positioned into an identifiable location adjacent to a breaker block. The breaker block is then projected towards... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4730366 | Apparatus for delivering portions of a pasty substance An apparatus for conveying pasty substances, for example sausage stuffing, is designed as a radial displacer piston conveyor for a rotary angle-proportional delivery of substance portions. This is made possible by designing a control cam section controlli... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4730367 | Apparatus and method for producing sausages In an apparatus and a method for producing sausages, an apparatus comprising a tubular member for feeding a flowable meat mass and a roll of a strip like film mounted thereon, bending means axially mounted around said tubular member for converting the str... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4730368 | Method and means of skinning meat A meat skinning machine and method for skinning wherein a shelf means is adjustably positioned between a meat support surface and the cutting edge of a skinning knife just beyond the periphery of the teeth of a gripping roll wherein the meat is supported ... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4730369 | Method and apparatus for melting and recovering sulfur in aqueous slurries Method and apparatus for recovering sulfur from an aqueous slurry. The slurry is passed downwardly through a shell-and-tube heat exchanger having vertically arranged tubes, wherein it is heated sufficiently to melt the sulfur. The liquid mixture leaving t... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4730370 | Casket and method of manufacture A casket and method for manufacture are disclosed according to which a shell or base, having outwardly flared walls, is constructed of corrugated fiberboard by a technique in which a planar sheet of corrugated fiberboard is cut to form a blank having inte... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4730371 | Coated crimper rolls A stuffer box crimper wherein the crimper roll surfaces comprise a hard wear resistant coating between opposite edge portions of the parent metal of the roll.... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4730372 | Apparatus for fabricating blind An apparatus for fabricating a blind. This blind fabricating apparatus is constituted by: input devices for inputting a height of the blind and a length of a slat; an arithmetic and logic means for computing the number of steps of the slats which correspo... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4730373 | Machine tool for multiple surface machining The invention relates to a machine tool for multiple surface machining having a work supporting device provided on a base and having a work supporting portion which is freely rotatable and freely adjustable in a vertical position, a slide base freely adju... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4730374 | Heatable glazing or calendering roll In a heatable glazing or calendering roll having a cylindrical hollow body with flange necks for each end of the cylindrical hollow body, a displacement body disposed in the cylindrical hollow body and supply and discharge lines for a fluid heat carrier f... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4730375 | Method for the assembly of a scroll-type apparatus A scroll-type apparatus having an improved radial seal and a method for the assembly thereof is disclosed. The spiral wrap of a moving scroll and a stationary scroll are provided with gap adjusting means for providing a gap of a desired size between the t... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4730376 | Blade removal apparatus for changeable blade scalpel A blade removal apparatus for a changeable blade scalpel in which a blade is removably mounted on a scalpel handle by fitting a mounting hole formed in the blade over a blade mounting part having a narrow width provided on the tip end of the scalpel handl... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4730377 | Method for making a duct heater A duct heater includes end brackets by frame bars. The end brackets are formed into a geometric shape whereby only corners of the bracket engage an inner suface of the duct. Assembly is facilitated by providing the end bracket as thin, flat strips having ... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4730378 | Applicator tool An integrally moulded device for applying pressure to screen material or a retaining bead, to force same into a groove of a frame member is disclosed. The tool has a central body graspable by the human hand and a thin blade member at each end, each blade ... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4730379 | On the table automatic operation type of pivot-pin fitting machine This invention discloses an automatic pivot pin installation apparatus. It mainly consists of two up and down air-cylinders on different sides of a table base. The upper cylinder puts the steel wire into the position of the mold and a cutter driven by the... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4730380 | Method of forming a curved window assembly A window frame assembly for curved windows comprises a rigid frame member having a curved profile, a flexible frame member, and a plurality of individual window frame core blocks. The blocks are secured serially to the flexible frame member. The blocks an... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4730381 | Method of making plural-chambered dispensing device exhibiting constant proportional co-dispensing A plural-chambered, gravity-activated dispensing device that incrementally dispenses two or more flowable products at a substantially constant, predetermined ratio. In one preferred embodiment of the present invention, an inner container is positioned wit... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4730382 | Meltable matrix chucking and machining An integrated factory system affords precision machining and inspection of aircraft turbine blades, as well as other metal parts having two generally opposite principal surfaces. It uses only two stages of chucking by the meltable matrix method. After emb... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4730383 | Integrable solid state battery and process for producing same This invention relates to a process for producing a solid state battery successively comprising, superposed between two metallic contact elements, a layer or thin film of an alkali metal such as lithium, constituting a source of ions, a layer or thin film... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4730384 | Machine for fastening a connector to a cable end by crimping Machine for providing by crimping the ends of cable conductors with end sleeves or other connection elements comprising a contact sleeve opened or closed in the envelope thereof, particularly a crimp sleeve. The machine comprises a device for feeding the ... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4730385 | Coax connector installation tool The invention is a tool to aid in the attaching of coaxial electrical cable ends to a half of a coaxial cable connector assembly. In detail, the tool comprises a wrench to prevent rotation between the connector halves when the connector halves are joined.... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4730386 | Connector wrench holder A holder for pads on which dummy connector mates are fixed includes a U-shaped bracket arrangement grooved to receive the pads. Once the selected pad is in position threaded fasteners are extended into the edge cutouts in the pad to fix the pad in the hol... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4730387 | Apparatus for fitting retaining rings An apparatus making it possible to fit retaining pins on a mandrel. The retaining pin arrives in the form of a continuous wire which is cut to the desired length by a wheel before being fitted in the mandrel. The end of the uncut retaining pin adjacent to... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4730388 | Replacement of split-pin assemblies in nuclear reactor A pick-and-put tool, new-nut hopper and pin-insertion/torque tool for completing the installation of the new split-pin assembly in a lower guide tube under water after the old split-pin assembly has been severed into fragments. One fragment, located in th... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4730389 | Method for fabrication of an implantable hermetic transparent container An enclosure for electronics, particularly adapted for implantation in the human body. The enclosure is provided with at least one transparent wall allowing it to be used in applications requiring light emission or light detection such as reflectance oxim... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4730390 | Method and device for making of electronic devices and devices made in accordance with the method A flat conductor foil is used on which the circuit is etched upon. After equipping this conductor foil with electronic structural elements the conductor foil is folded at predetermined folding edges for adaptation to the device shape. For forming the hous... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4730391 | Wire stripper A wire stripper having a two-part hollow body and a group of circular cutters mounted within that body. The two body parts are interconnected for relative movement between an open position and a closed position at which the cutters are engageable with and... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4730392 | Hydraulic punch tool for heat exchangers A punch tool is disclosed for puncturing the walls of heat exchanger tubes when they become worn in order that the tubes may be repaired. Said tool comprises a hardened, longitudinally drilled, steel rod that is able to fit within the heat exchanger tube.... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4730393 | Locking knife with movable scale A folding knife having a blade, a first scale and a second scale on either side of the blade with a tumbler or back spring positioned to hold the blade in its operative position having the features of pivotal mounting of the second scale and hand-force la... | 03/15/1988 |
