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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4739522 | Cold weather garment with improved buoyancy A cold weather buoyant garment has inner and outer layers with an intermediate layer therebetween. The intermediate layer is formed of a major portion of open cell foam material, such as polyurethane, with a minor portion of a closed cell material, such a... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4739523 | Combination incorporating replacement faucet spout In a combination incorporating a replacement faucet spout there is included a series of bushings, and a series of spout nuts through each of which a base end portion of the replacement spout may be disposed. The cylindrical bores in the bushings are subst... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4739524 | Double weep hole drain and method This invention relates to a floor drain and methods for its installation, more specifically to a floor or shower drain having two sets of weep holes and to a method for its installation. Conventional drains generally in use today have only one set of weep hole... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4739525 | Self-contained toilet system A self-contained system including a housing structure and a toilet bowl in the housing structure adapted to receive human waste and fluid for diluting the waste, transporting the waste and rinsing the bowl. A macerator is in the housing in communication w... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4739526 | Lifting apparatus for use in lifting a disabled person or patient A lifting apparatus, for lifting disabled persons, including a harness, which is front-fitting so that it can be fitted and removed with ease and speed by disabled users themselves because it does not have to be placed from the back underneath the buttock... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4739527 | Portable foldable playpen A portable foldable playpen assembly comprising a foldable frame assembly and an enclosure. The foldable frame assembly includes a central hub, at least four support legs spaced outwardly of the hub, and a linkage assembly hingedly connected to the centra... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4739528 | Tie-down system with sleeping mat for the bed of a pick-up truck A tie-down system for securing articles in the bed of a pick-up truck includes a set of C-shaped channels fixedly secured proximate the upper, inner edges of the side walls, the front wall and the tail gate of the pick-up bed. A plurality of eye bolts is ... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4739529 | Convertible doll and sleeping bag A sleeping bag having an image of a doll attached to the upper surface thereof which image includes separate arm and leg appendages which are secured to the upper surfaces of the sleeping bag and at least one selectively opening panel member which defines... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4739530 | Floatation sleep system including a rectilinear perimeter air chamber An improved air chamber for use with a marginal perimeter support adapted to surround and support a fluid-filled bladder of a floatation sleep system. The air chamber comprises an elongated cylinder closed at its ends to form an air-tight chamber. Opposin... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4739531 | Bee venom collection apparatus Apparatus for the production and collection of bee venom by the use of electrical conductors disposed in the colony with a fibrous pad therebelow. A square wave voltage is applied to adjacent conductors to excite bees and cause them to deposit venom in th... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4739532 | Bristle shaft bundle and bristle shaft equipment for the total subgingival cleansing of periodontal pockets, parodontal pocket edges and all dental surfaces A bristle shaft device for use in disinfecting subgingival parodontal pockets, parodontal pocket edges and tooth surfaces, the device having a rotationally symmetrical gingival edge cup having an axis and an external periphery and a plurality of coaxial b... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4739533 | Machine for scraping off the plastic coating of a used wire The apparatus comprises a low speed feeding roller on which are provided teeth, and a high speed scraping roller on which are mounted steel brush wheels. In operation, the pre-cut used wires are fed into the apparatus and the coating is scraped off by the... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4739534 | High speed floor buffing pad and holder A high speed floor buffing machine equipped with a pad holder for an X-shaped buffing pad is disclosed. The arms of the pad holder have a wedge-shaped cross section that acts as an air foil to create air currents that flow up between the arms of the buffi... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4739535 | Vacuum cleaning machine A vacuum cleaning machine for fireplaces and the like having a decorative canister enclosed in a vacuum chamber containing a fireproofed dust bag, a blower and electric motor unit and storage reels for an electric cord and a flexible vacuum hose.... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4739536 | Screwdriver handgrip having harder and softer zones A handle for tools, specifically for screwdrivers, is disclosed. The handle consists of two materials of different hardness, of which the harder material supporting the tool is incompressible under the forces occurring at operational load, whereas the oth... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4739537 | Door handle arrangement A door handle arrangement has a bearing member (14) with a door handle bore (43) for mounting to the door leaf and also a door handle with a neck (11) which is axially inserted into the door handle bore (43). Conical segments (18) which are arranged aroun... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4739538 | Positive locking poultry leg retainer The present invention provides a unitary flexible retainer for holding the legs of eviscerated poultry tightly against the body of the fowl over the rear body opening and includes a central locking member cooperating with straps for positively securing th... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4739539 | Method and apparatus for removing fecal matter from poultry The disclosure pertains to means and method for effectuating considerable squeezing to a fowl between a back supporting surface and a breast supporting surface whereby the so treated poultry has it feces squeezed out of its anus. The squeezing manipulatio... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4739540 | Methods and apparatus for preventing filaments from lapping a roll In an apparatus for advancing a bundle of filaments, a pair of rolls defines a nip through which the bundle passes. A blower blows a stream of gas across an outer periphery of at least one of the rolls in a direction opposite the direction of rotation of ... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4739541 | Clipboard mounted retainer for writing instruments and the like Retainer for convenient storage of writing implements or the like upon a clipboard having a movable clip member with an upper circular catch member aperture, and an elongated lower edge portion; an elastic band member for retaining the implements against ... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4739542 | Safety coupling clamp A circumferentially contractible clamp operated by a bolt and nut actuator wherein a U-shaped safety saddle pivotally mounted upon one end of the clamp band includes a threaded bore receiving a threaded stem of the nut threaded upon the bolt. The inner en... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4739543 | Push pin retainer A push pin fastener for securing light automotive trim components to portions of an automobile includes a base portion and a shank extending perpendicularly from the base portion and cantileverly supporting a pair of triangularly shaped locking legs from ... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4739544 | Method of manufacturing a vapor-phase-diffused boundary-layer type multilayer ceramic capacitor A method of manufacturing a miniaturized multilayer ceramic capacitor having high capacitance which comprises a dielectric body of the type that the grain boundaries thereof are insulated. Multilayer chips are prepared which consist of a semiconductor cer... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4739545 | Composite movement table apparatus By operating a Z direction position adjustment mechanism by a driving motor, a Z table movable in the X and Y directions can be moved in a Z direction while maintaining its horizontal condition. Vibrations caused in the Z table when the Z table is moved a... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4739546 | Laser element assembly and method of fabricating the same A laser element assembly used in an optical disk apparatus or others is made up of a laser element for emitting a laser beam and a holder for holding the laser element, and it is required to set the traveling direction of the laser beam accurately to a de... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4739547 | Non-crosslinked foam A non-crosslinked foam of a composition comprising: (A) 72 to 98% by weight of a 1-butene polymer; and (B) 28 to 2% by weight of a propylene polymer, the percentages being based on the total weight of the 1-butene polymer and the propylene polymer.... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4739548 | Method of manufacturing magnetic head cores A plurality of magnetic head cores is cut from a preprocessed ferrite core block having a gap formed by means of a fracture method. To this end the core block is notched on a line along which the gap is to be formed. subsequently the core block is subject... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4739549 | Apparatus for advancing windings into stator slots A method and apparatus for placing prewound windings into the grooves of stator coils and armatures in which needles are employed to insert the stator coils into the grooves. During insertion, the needles are displaced with a feeding movement in a longitu... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4739550 | Contact alignment tool A tool for aligning contacts of an electrical connector with conductive areas of a circuit board comprises a clamp for clamping the connector therein, a slide is movably mounted on the clamp and includes a comb between the teeth of which the contacts are ... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4739551 | Hermetic terminal assembly pin and method and apparatus for making the same An improved hermetic terminal pin for conducting electrical current including a stop flange and fuse-like and locking groove areas adjacent thereto and a method and apparatus for manufacturing the terminal pin including the steps of feeding a wire materia... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4739552 | Pliers, particularly for removing cuticles A pliers for cuticles includes a pair of gripping arms having cutting blades, and an opening leaf spring positioned between the gripping arms and carrying at one end thereof plastic sliding element sliding against the inner surface of one of the gripping ... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4739553 | Razor handle assembly A razor handle assembly comprising a grip portion, a head portion at one end of the grip portion having first and second arms pivotally movable toward and away from each other and having, respectively, first and second shell bearings mounted thereon, the ... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4739554 | Tool for cutting of plastic tubes Tool for cutting of plastic tubes comprises an arm portion (1) and at the end of the arm portion a first jaw (2) and a second jaw (3) forming an opening (4) therebetween for insertion of a plastic tube (10) into the opening. The tube is arranged to be cut... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4739555 | Laminated glass cutter There is provided a laminated glass cutter. The cutter includes a rectangular body frame and a pair of opposed cutting members associated therewith. In use the laminated glass cutter may cut a laminated sheet into two adjacent separate components upon a s... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4739556 | Hand grass shears The swivel joint of the shears comprises a dish-like rotary head 14 which is moulded from plastic and which is inserted with an inner bush 46 into a swivel joint bush 44 of an extension provided with the fixed upper grip 10. The axial fixing is via a dete... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4739557 | Saw blade for an electric compass- or keyhole-saw The saw blade for an electric compass- or keyhole-saw has a saw part with a tooth arrangement and a clamping part with which the saw blade is clamped between two clamping pieces of a clamping device of the compass- or keyhole-saw with a clamping screw to ... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4739558 | Line drawing instrument A drawing apparatus is disclosed for guiding the continuous drawing of two intersecting lines with interconnecting curved corner portions. The apparatus comprises a set of rulers which intersect one another at a desired angle of 90° or less to define the... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4739559 | Arrangement for holding an aiming device on a gun barrel An arrangement for releasably holding an aiming device on a gun barrel, which includes a sleeve-shaped holder arranged to be placed on the gun barrel and to thereby hold the aiming device on said the barrel; and a pressure fluid supply device arranged to ... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4739560 | Azimuth sensor which corrects azimuth circle diameter and center for temperature variation An azimuth calculation apparatus includes an azimuth sensor mounted on a moving body for detecting a direction of the moving body, the azimuth sensor having an excitation winding wound on an annular magnetic core and a pair of output windings wound on the... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4739561 | Door leveling device For leveling prehung door assemblies a device is described on which a level indicator is mounted on one flange of a channel member that can be snap fitted onto the door edge.... | 04/26/1988 |