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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4785476 | Face shield A face shield is provided for positioning on a forehead of an individual to help protect an individual from heat, wind, light and chemical sprays. A substantially conical member includes a base portion and a top portion displaced a predetermined distance ... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4785477 | Forefinger compartment for glove A thermally insulated glove of the type which has a mitt portion and a thumb portion is formed with a forefinger or trigger finger portion which has a finger compartment communicating with the mitt compartment. The finger compartment is proportioned to ac... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4785478 | Sun glove A covering for the hand of a user comprising a sheath of material resistant to ultraviolet ray penetration. The sheath has a top side and a bottom side and an expansible opening at a wrist end adapted to receive the user's hand. A multiplicity of digit ri... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4785479 | Glove and the method of making the same A glove comprising a glove base, a reinforcing sheet disposed thereon, and a reinforcing film of rubber or synthetic resin as coated on or impregnated into at least said reinforcing sheet, said glove base comprises a plurality of sheet pieces of required ... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4785480 | No-bind pants with seamless crotch The invention comprises a new and improved garment having pant legs which are shaped at the inseam so as to conform to the natural anatomical shape of the thigh. The front and back of the pant leg assume difference curvatures such that when they are sewn ... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4785481 | Eye protection device The device is in the form of a pair of specially designed glasses, goggles or an eye mask sealingly engaging the wearer's head. In each case, a frame includes a front support bearing one or more transparent, preferably prescription-ground lenses or eye sh... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4785482 | Device for cleaning a toilet seat A device for cleaning the toilet seat of a toilet bowl, in which the toilet seat 22 is brought into vertical position in a tank 14 by a translational movement of transport means driven by vertical endless screws. A trap door 18 is thus controlled by a hor... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4785483 | Integrated passenger seat and toilet apparatus and method Apparatus and method for integrated passenger seat and toilet for vehicles. The apparatus includes a structural seat, an integrated toilet, a water supply, a waste system and a swivel mechanism. The method includes modifying the vehicle, supplying the app... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4785484 | Control valve A hydrotherapy spa having a water jet into which air is aspirated through a conduit and a control valve for varying the effective flow area to the conduit from space inside the spa. The control valve comprises two generally cylindrical valve body members ... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4785485 | Three panel bath enclosure A sliding panel closure having three panels suspended from a header with three parallel tracks, has a sill disposed under the header with a sill channel opening downwardly and inwardly toward a bath enclosure or the like. A first of the door panels has a ... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4785486 | Collapsible bathtub A collapsible bathtub adapted for placement on top of a mattress employs a horizontal flexible plastic rectangular sheet having two opposite sides and two opposite ends. First and second flexible plastic parallel side walls are integral with the sheet, ea... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4785487 | Adjustable electrobed An adjustable electrobed includes a head which is adjustable in height and which is formed by two pieces joined together at the center of the bed. The two pieces may be pivoted about the center by an arm attached to the outer edge of each piece. The arms ... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4785488 | Lever bar adapted for performing multiple functions An improved, versatile, lever bar which may be used as a crowbar, prybar, sledge hammer, pickaxe, wedge, etc. The lever bar has a long handle with a thick base plate chamfered at one end and secured perpendicular to the axis of the handle at one end there... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4785489 | Resilient broom and scraper This invention comprises a resilient broom and scraper comprising an elongated broom block having a top and bottom portion, with a brush secured to the lower portion thereof. A bracket is rigidly secured to the center of the top portion of the broom block... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4785490 | Device for cleaning golf shoe spikes This invention comprises a plurality of side by side chains mounted on a base, so that golf shoe spikes may be combed therethrough.... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4785491 | Rotary and reciprocating drive device A rotary and reciprocating drive device applied to such as for example, a windshied wiper for automobiles includes a drive shaft, a slide shaft, a nut member driven by a motor, a screw shaft engaged with the nut member and a connecting member connecting t... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4785492 | Floor cleaning apparatus The invention is directed to a floor cleaning apparatus which includes a nozzle-like structure for a vacuum cleaner. The apparatus is for vacuum cleaning and polishing hard floors and is moved by the operator in a desired direction. The apparatus includes... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4785493 | Door check A door check wherein a housing is affixed to the pivotable panel and a guide rail is affixed to the frame of a door. The housing contains a shaft which is rigidly connected with one end of an arm the other end of which is slidably guided by the rail. The ... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4785494 | Trailer doorpost and track assembly Trailer doorposts are provided with removable tracks for rollers of vertically sliding doors. The tracks are provided with removable plastic inserts upon which the rollers travel. Weather stripping on the inside faces of the outer end wall of the tracks p... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4785495 | Moldable hand grips Hand grips for applying to motorcycles, bicycles, tools, golf clubs, fishing rods, guns, crutches and the like can be custom molded to fit exactly to the contours of the user's hand. The grip is put in place and then heated with a hair dryer. The user gra... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4785496 | Hingeable plate assembly and displaceable hinge therefor A hingeable plate assembly includes first and second substantially flat glass plates and first and second displaceable hinges for hingeably connecting the plates so that the second plate is outwardly displaceable with respect to the first plate in substan... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4785497 | Base plate assembly for mounting a hinge bracket of a furniture hinge or the like A baseplate assembly for mounting a hinge bracket of a furniture hinge has a base plate, which is to be secured to a carrying wall or the like by fixing screws, and a cover plate, which covers or partly overlaps the base plate and is guided on the base pl... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4785498 | Door and window hinge which is adjustable during and after installation A universal hinge structure includes a hinge part attachable to a frame and another hinge part attachable to a pivotable closure which is to be mounted in the frame. At least one of the hinge parts includes a cylindrical body having an adjustment screw ex... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4785499 | Door shoe for glass doors A so-called shoe for a glass door embodying a mechanism for making adjustments in the position of pivotal traverse of the door relative to the door opening and also in the lateral position thereof, said pivotal traverse position components of said mechani... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4785500 | Hinge assembly for vehicle accessories A hinge assembly is disclosed for application in pivotable or rotatable vehicle accessories, such as visors, vanity covers, storage covers, or other vehicular or non-vehicular applications. A preferred, one-piece resilient sleeve member frictionally engag... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4785501 | Casing pivoting mechanism for a copying machine In a casing pivoting mechanism for a copying machine according to the present invention, the pivotal point of a casing is situated away from the position at which a torsion bar passes through the casing. By doing this, a greater urging force can be obtain... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4785502 | Apparatus for extracting meat from crustacean appendages An automated, self-contained apparatus for extracting meat from the appendages of crustaceans, such as crabs, the appendages having been severed from the body and cooked. The device includes a plurality of stations which recover and collect the meat in th... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4785503 | Shrimp peeler A device for peeling shrimps, of any reasonable size, that comprises a reservoir and a cover with one or more openings where tubular knife assemblies are positioned. Cooperating opening in the cover align with the tubular knife assemblies and allow the pe... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4785504 | Suction duct for the pneumatic removal of fiber tufts detached by a bale opener A fiber bale opener includes a downwardly open housing which is adapted to be supported above fiber bales to be opened and which accommodates an opening roller having an axis and being arranged for detaching fiber tufts from upper bale surfaces. In the ho... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4785505 | Silver or lap evening apparatus for a carding machine or the like A carding machine includes a licker-in and a main carding cylinder cooperating therewith; a feed roller arranged immediately upstream of the licker-in as viewed in a direction of material feed into the carding machine; and a feed table cooperating with th... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4785506 | Apparatus for opening pressed fiber bales of spinning material An apparatus for opening pressed bales of textile fiber comprising spaced grid rods which are adapted to press against the surface of the bale. A toothed disk is mounted on a shaft which extends transversely of the grid rods and is supported to rotate in ... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4785507 | Clearer device for bottom draft roller A retainer frame supportiing pat type clearer members is arranged in opposed relation to a draft roller. The retainer frame is inserted at both longitudinal end portions thereof into insert grooves of supporting brackets mounted on roller stands or draft ... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4785508 | Female member of snap fastener Even though a female member is sewed on a suit material of clothes with any surface thereof directing upward, a function proper to the female member can be exhibited by the female member comprising a central ring-shaped portion provided with a through hol... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4785509 | Hook for rope used to pull a boat into a dock Disclosed is a hook which may be attached to an end of a rope and used to pull a boat into dock. The hook has an elongated shank having first and second ends and an end opening in the first end of the shank into which a rope may be received. A single tine... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4785510 | Method and apparatus for the continuous looping of yarn A fixed base plate provided with a circular recess accommodates a rotating disk. Mounted above the base plate and the rotating disk, is an endless band conveyor swivellable about the axis of the roller in the area of the edge of the base plate. The rotati... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4785511 | Method for manufacturing pre-assembled, two-part merchandise display hooks and the like An improved method of forming and assembling two-part merchandise display hooks, including new design features of the hook itself, enable two-part hooks to be manufactured and assembled at extremely low cost. Wire from a continuous length is gripped and b... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4785512 | Machine for repairing and sealing conduits The invention in question is a repairing machine, which is suited to repairing damaged conduits which are inaccessible for repair work. This repairing machine is remote-controlled and monitored with television cameras. At the head of the driving carriage,... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4785513 | Turret having rotating and non-rotating tooling A compound turret for machine tools such as latches or the like having rotating and non-rotating tooling turrets mounted on a single housing. The compound turret includes a primary drive and a secondary drive. The primary drive includes a compound turret ... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4785514 | Oscillating roller mounted on a fixed shaft A fixed, non-rotating shaft supports a resilient roller for rotation and oscillation by means of bearing assemblies adjacent opposite ends of the roller. Each bearing assembly comprises a rotary bearing mounted inside the respective end of the roller and ... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4785515 | Method of making a centrifugal pump A centrifugal pump and method of making the same. The pump includes a casing having at least one impeller, an axial fluid inlet opening, and an outlet opening of a predetermined area. The impeller has a plurality of radially disposed impeller blades which... | 11/22/1988 |
