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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4741050 | Wetsuits A seam for a wetsuit, involving overlock stitching (23) of the edges (21,22) to be joined and the subsequent introduction of the material (25) having suitable elasticity/recovery properties, such as a polymer, into the well or groove (24) of the seam. Exa... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4741051 | Protective mitt for use with handcuffs The drawing illustrates a protective mitt for use by police officers and the like when placing handcuffs on the wrists of prisoners behind the back wherein a connection extends between both hands for further restraining movement of the hands and providing... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4741052 | Hand covering for use with firearms A glove or mitten includes a relatively thick insulating inner layer and an outer cover layer. The outer layer has an extra trigger finger receiving stall situated in front of the conventional trigger finger receiving stall. The single trigger finger rece... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4741053 | Convertible sunvisor cap A convertible sunvisor cap has an adjustable support band which carries a rearward portion of the crown. The support band is pivotally and slidably connected to the head band such that the support band can be adjusted in length to correspond to adjustment... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4741054 | Chin cup for use with military headgear A chin cup arrangement (10) is disclosed having a foam chin cup (32). The chin cup foam (32) is adhered to a canvas interface (33). The composite foam and canvas structure is coated with a vinyl/nitrile mixture, pigmented to a dark color with a finely pow... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4741055 | Fur shawl A fur covering comprising a fur material made of new fur or particularly even waste pieces form cutting furs, a net into which string may be knitted or wound and which has elasticity, and a sewing thread. In accordance with the invention process for makin... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4741056 | Baby carriage seat extension member A baby carriage seat extension member has a U-form frame (5) with rear or free end portions (4) adapted to be removably attached to the front end portions of a pair of handrails (3) disposed on both sides of the seat (2) of a baby carriage. The frame exte... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4741057 | Relaxation mattress The mattress comprises two successive, coupled and superimposed layers (6, 7), each layer being formed from a fluidtight surrounding wall. The first layer (6), adapted to receive the body of the user, contains a plurality of adjacent but separate air bubb... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4741058 | Convoluted support pad for prevention of decubitus ulcers and apparatus for making same A convoluted foam pad adapted to be positioned on a bed in a supporting relationship to a patient is provided. The pad has a head and a foot supporting section, each in the form of a convoluted, checker board pattern of rows of peaks separated by depressi... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4741059 | Reorganizable tool for various purposes A combined tool unit constructed so as to be disassembled and reorganized into various independent tools. The tool unit includes a cylindrical hammer portion which can be received between a pair of hand grips of a tongs portion in the storage position of ... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4741060 | Articulated wrench An articulated wrench having an elongated leg member with a slot in its shank portion and its outer end formed into a flange with a slot therein, and pivotally mounted at its inner end to the inner end portion of an arm member having a hook formed at its ... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4741061 | Method for washing material wound on a perforated beam The invention relates to a method and to apparatus for washing material wound on a beam, in which from the time at which a specific degree of cleanness has been reached in the central region of the roll length until the end of the washing process the prop... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4741062 | Last for automated shoe manufacture A last has an insert shaped to fit within a shoe during its manufacture and a stem fixed on the insert, projecting along an axis from the insert, and formed with radially oppositely projecting front and rear protrusions. A gripper has front and rear jaws ... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4741063 | Suspension bridge structure with flutter damping means The invention concerns a suspension bridge comprising an essentially flat main structure, the upper surface of which forms the roadway for the transport means crossing the bridge, and a suspension structure formed of a plurality of catenary wires connecte... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4741064 | Combination paint brush/paint can opener/scraper A combination paint brush, paint can opener and scraper tool is provided and consists of a blade extending from an extreme end of a paint brush handle for easy opening of a paint can lid and removing loose paint from hard to get places.... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4741065 | Interlocking dust control mats A plurality of rubber-backed dust control mats are interconnected by a connecting strip which has projections thereon which engage mating projections on the outer surface of the rubber backing on the mats.... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4741066 | Brush The invention relates to a brush which comprises a handle portion, a base portion formed with recesses for holding filaments or bristles, an insert which acts as holding means for holding the filaments or bristles in the recesses, and filaments or bristle... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4741067 | Height-adjustable windshield wiper In a windshield wiper installation for vehicles, the windshield wipers are lowered into a rest position behind an engine hood after the wiper motor is turned off in that a support arm which supports the wiper motor, the wiper gear and the wiper arm is dis... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4741068 | Windshield wiper arm A windshield wiper arm including a tension spring which acts upon a holding pin of a swivellable rocker which, upon tilting of the wiper link from its operating position to a tilted position, is abruptly changed from a first end position to a second end p... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4741069 | Mobile wet cleaning machine A mobile wet cleaning machine contains a first tank for the cleaning fluid which is supplied to a drivable cleaning tool, and a second tank into which is passed, cleaning fluid taken up from the floor surface being cleaned, the second tank being in fluid ... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4741070 | 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... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4741071 | Wiper blade In a wiper blade for a vehicular windshield wiper system, the main yoke is equipped with a spoiler constructed such that the overall height of the wiper blade is not enlarged and nevertheless the spoiler is prevented from touching the window pane to be cl... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4741072 | Railroad track cleaner A railroad track cleaner of non-self-motivational character which comprises a frame carrying front and rear wheels for rail traverse. The frame contains a housing for a transversely disposed, rotatably mounted broom assembly in the forward portion thereof... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4741073 | Collapsible handle for carton A compact, collapsible handle attachment for a rectangular carton having rectangular-shaped wire bands which are pivotable or swingable in holes in the handle end blocks. As the weighted carton is lifted, the handle end blocks slip upwardly on one side of... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4741074 | Detachable belt clip suitable for automated assembly For proper pre-assembly alignment of the hinge plate holes (e.g., 120b and 136b), stops (e.g., 140a) are engaged in notches (e.g., 119b). A hinge pin (128) is then inserted into the aligned holes to attach the clip (130) to the base plate (102). The pin i... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4741075 | Composite sheet and method of producing same A composite sheet comprising a fiber base and a binder, wherein said binder is broken into small fragments which adhere to the fibers, but at least some not to each other. Said composite sheet is produced by a method comprising the step of (a) applying a ... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4741076 | Method of making a high stability quartz crystal oscillator A high stability quartz crystal oscillator is made from a quartz crystal te by first cutting the quartz crystal plate at the angles that result in a resonator having a turnover temperature below the lowest operating temperature of the equipment in which ... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4741077 | End terminations for capacitors A process for providing terminations at the ends of chips for multilayer capacitors such a MLC capacitors includes applying thin films of metallization at the opposite ends of each chip and over the surface of the chip between the ends, and thereafter rem... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4741078 | Multi-function industrial robot A multi-function industrial robot employs an servo motor to select one tool for use from among a plurality of tools mounted on a turret, the base of which is fixed to an end of a vertical spindle and supports a turret shaft that lies at an angle of 45° w... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4741079 | Roll with a rotating shell A roll with a rotating shell comprises, between a stationary shaft (2) in the shape of an elongate beam and a rotating shell (3) mounted for rotation around an axis on the shaft (2), a row of supporting shoes (4) with a fluid bearing. The roll is equipped... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4741080 | Process for providing valve members having varied microstructure A process for providing an engine valve (2) with varied microstructure grain size is provided. The process includes the steps of: providing a slug (4) of suitable metallic valve composition having a grain size of less than about A.S.T.M. 8; solution heat ... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4741081 | Method and apparatus for making t-tube fittings A T-fitting is formed from two precut lengths of tubing of the same, relatively small, inner and outer diameter. One length of tubing is formed with a reduced diameter neck section at one end whose outer diameter is approximately equal to its normal undef... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4741082 | Method for manufacturing and reinforcing a catalytic unit intended for purifying exhaust gases The invention relates to a method for making and reinforcing a catalytic unit intended for purifying exhaust gases, in which method a helical catalytic unit is formed from a corrugated foil band (2) and a straight foil band (3), placed one on top of the o... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4741083 | Tool for unplugging fire hydrant drains Fire hydrant drain holes are unplugged from within a hydrant barrel by removing the bonnet and valve gear from the top of the barrel and using a specialized drilling tool which is inserted into the barrel to fit on the valve seat. The tool has a drill bit... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4741084 | Conversion of mechanical punch presses to hydraulic punch presses A method of converting a mechanically operated punch press to a hydraulically operated punch press, the mechanical punch press being of the type having a motor-driven flywheel coupled with a crank journaled between two bearing seats, the method comprising... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4741085 | Repair of railway cushioning apparatus A cushioning apparatus for a railway car includes a housing having a cylinder bore disposed therein with an end plate closing one end of the cylinder bore. A piston assembly includes a shaft extending through the end plate and a piston disposed on the sha... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4741086 | Pneumatic lift jack A pneumatic jack comprising flat sheets of an elastomeric material with no cords therein peripherally held in place by rigid framing members. The jack also includes a valve for communicating with the interior of the sheets. A source of aeroform fluid is u... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4741087 | Method of making pre-expanded braided sleeving Disclosed is a method of making pre-expanded braided sleeving from flexible strands of either conductive or nonconductive filaments, or a combination thereof, along with entrapped warp filaments of heat shrinkable material. The warp filament material is c... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4741088 | Method of making a delivery head for containers of substances to be nebulized having a break-up plastic insert integrally formed with the head The delivery head for containers of substances to be nebulized, such as aerosol containers, pump containers and the like is provided with a plastic break-up insert integrally formed therewith through a strip and the break-up insert is intended to be posit... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4741089 | Method of producing contaminant restraining booms and the like A method of producing a contaminant restraining boom, comprising an expandable buoyant body divided into chambers formed by joining together side members (2,3) and distributed along the boom. The side members are provided with chamber partitioning walls f... | 05/03/1988 |
