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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4793001 | Full facial shield assembly A facial shield assembly for use by dental and medical personnel comprises a transparent plastic shield having a substantially flat front portion and a peripheral border portion extending continuously around the front portion to cover and embrace at least... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4793002 | Protective eyewear An adjustable, disposable eye protector is formed from an adhesive-backed ovoid to circular shaped film segment. The conical shaped eye protectors are easy to use for reducing exposure of the eyes to incident light or other potential eye irritants. When f... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4793003 | Light occlusive eye patch A light-occlusive self adherent eyepatch is disclosed comprising an absorbent pad having a nonadherent lower surface, a thin microporous polymeric film overlying the upper surface of the pad, pressure sensitive adhesive means extending around the peripher... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4793004 | Disposable bib construction A disposable bib is disclosed. The bib is constructed of a unitary sheet of drapable material. The unitary sheet has opposite top and bottom edges defining a length direction therebetween, and opposite side edges defining a width direction therebetween. A... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4793005 | Sports glove A sports glove which includes a glove body, a plurality of open-ended stub fingers, a palm portion made of a flexible material, a flexible strap attached at a fixed end thereof to the palm portion and having a free end fitted with loop material, and a pat... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4793006 | Visor cap with movable protective visor A cap to be worn on the head of a person, comprising a generally hemispherical shell, having a lower edge, which fits over the upper portion of the head of a person; a permanent visor attached to that portion of the shell lower edge which contacts the for... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4793007 | Safety helmet and adjustable light An adjustable connector for attaching a light to a safety helmet, the connector enabling adjustment of the position of the light is selectively illuminate a work area for the helmet's wearer; the connector being suitable to retrofit typical existing safet... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4793008 | Method of transferring a patient and mats therefor A simplified patient transfer mat for aiding the moving of a patient who cannot move oneself. The mat includes an elongated body portion with a substantially rectangular shape adapted to be placed transversely under the patient. The body portion is rigid ... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4793009 | Piece of reclining furniture On the fixed stand (1) of a piece of reclining furniture, a pendulum frame (2) is suspended in a freely oscillating manner via several tension members (52). Supporting elements (51) of the pendulum frame (2) project into the box-shaped bases (3) of the st... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4793010 | Baby rocker apparatus Apparatus for rocking a baby holding device having four legs supporting same on the floor, comprises a roller for supporting each leg so as to be rollable over the floor, and a rocker device including a base adapted to be non-rotatably supported on the fl... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4793011 | Folding bed and cabinet A combination cabinet and folding bed wherein the bed may be stored in the cabinet. The cabinet can be used for other purposes, for example, a drop-down shelf on one or more sides can be provided. The folding bed is a unique arrangement of three pallets t... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4793012 | Beach mat adapted for use on a lounge chair A lounge chair with a beach mat resting upon the lounge chair in which the beach mat has a flap at one end which extends for a distance of 1/5 to 1/6 of the length of the beach mat and which accommodates the end of the back of the lounge chair to secure t... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4793013 | Water mattress bag, and a method for producing the same A water mattress bag (1) of a watertight resilient material with tensile strength is provided with a valve for filling/draining water and is intended for use together with a main mattress member (3) of a resilient, flexible foamed plastic or the like, whi... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4793014 | Process and machine for the treatment, in particular for batchwise dyeing, of lap-folded fabrics For the treatment, especially the dyeing of fabrics, a container is illustrated, which is subdivided into at least two compartments, and is provided, above the compartments, with a motor-driven winch, the direction of which is reversible. The fabric, whic... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4793015 | Apparatus for cleaning eggs and like articles An apparatus for cleaning eggs comprising a housing, a roller conveyor, at least the upper run of which extends through said housing, rotary brushes disposed above said upper run of the roller conveyor, at least one driving crank shaft for moving the brus... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4793016 | Conduit cleaning apparatus Apparatus for cleaning the interior of a pipe while the pipe is carrying a fluid under pressure includes a ball launcher which is operable to remove a ball from a magazine and locate the ball in the flow path of the conduit to be cleaned without blockage ... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4793017 | Vibrating drain-cleaning implement A drain-cleaning implement of the type with a rotatable snake extendable for drain insertion. The device includes a mechanism for imparting vibratory motion to the snake at a frequency greater than the rate of rotation such that the snake will more readil... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4793018 | Tennis shoe cleaning device A shoe cleaning device which includes a mat positioned within a pan of cleaning fluid, the mat is of pliable open cellular construction wich allows the fluid to be coursed into sole crevices to effect cleaning thereof when the mat is stepped on.... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4793019 | Sponge mop attachment An attachment for a sponge mop, the attachment being in the form of an elongated clip which is U-shaped in transverse cross-section and whose legs are resilient, with the outer surface of the clip bight portion carrying a pad. The pad can be of a relative... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4793020 | Noise insulator for windshield wiper blade assembly According to the invention, a resilient element is disposed between interconnected elements on a windshield wiper blade assembly such as cooperating primary and secondary yokes and a wiper blade element. Preferably the resilient element is a tape with a p... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4793021 | Molded caster pintle with high strength core A caster pintle as disclosed having a resilient high tensile strength metal core encapsulated in a molded plastic body having a groove containing a resiliently collapsible friction ring and means for centering the ring in the groove prior to assembly of t... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4793022 | Tread protector for dual wheel caster A one-piece plastic wheel protector for dual wheel casters that snaps over and locks on the wheels and is easily removed by a breakaway pull tab.... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4793023 | Door closer and holder A door closer and holder comprises a cylinder shell having a piston sealingly reciprocable therein. A spring biases the piston toward one end of the shell, and the piston is connected through the ususal apparatus to the door. At the one end the operating ... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4793024 | Adjustable spring-loaded hinge device, particularly for spectacle frames The hinge device comprises a recess formed in the rod or stem of a pair of spectacles and accommodating a leafspring. The spring has a conformation such that it pivots on the inner surface of the recess and cooperates with an element, rigidly associated w... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4793025 | Apparatus and methods for removal of tissue from bone An apparatus for processing either a fresh or frozen piece of meat, in particular for frenching a rack of lamb. A pair of chain conveyers each incorporating teeth are mounted in adjacent spaced apart relationship on a bench. A piece of meat is transported... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4793026 | Apparatus for removing a surface layer from animal muscular tissue, particularly a layer including the skin from fish fillets An apparatus for skinning fish includes a pressure pad carrying an oscillating knife blade and defining a presser surface which faces the circumferential surface of a skinning roller, the pressure pad being mounted to yield against spring force. The oscil... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4793027 | Fish filleting kit A fish filleting kit wherein a gate arm having a plurality of dependent pins holds the fish to be filleted by the tail against a supporting board. A revolving locking arm and a vertical stop hold the gate arm temporarily in place during the filleting proc... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4793028 | Fiber-removing roll for a bale opener In a fiber removing roll 1 for a bale opener, the teeth 2 are removably attached on the circumference of the roll. They are provided with a contact surface 21 adapted to the circumferential contour of the fiber-removing roll and are held on the contour by... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4793029 | Tiltable button having anti-rotation means A tiltable button comprises a shank and cover or shell. The shank and shell between them have means to prevent relative rotation. In one form the shank has radial recesses and the shell inward deflections which go into the radial recesses. In another form... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4793030 | Single-or multilayer strap of flexible material A watch strap comprising at least one layer of flexible material in the form of an elongated strip having an end portion adapted to be secured about a bar of a wristwatch, and a reversely bent member of spring metal secured to the inner side of said flexi... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4793031 | Strap fastener A strap fastener includes a fastener body on which a strap is retained, and a socket member adapted to be mounted on the fabric of a bag to retain the fastener body for connecting the strap to the bag. The fastener body has a plug with an enlarged head sn... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4793032 | Side release buckle A buckle device comprising separable cooperating receptacle and clasp members and releasable locking means between the receptacle and the clasp. Said locking means includes a through side locking slot and top locking slot in said receptacle and a resilien... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4793033 | Method and apparatus for cutting carpet designs A method and apparatus is disclosed for cutting a sculptured pattern in carpet pile. The apparatus has a carpet clipping head carried by a carriage means that can move the clipping head horizontally, vertically and rotationally. Instructions from memory a... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4793034 | Method of manufacturing knit body garments Knit sport shirts and the like characterized by having the body portion and the trim of exactly the same color shade are manufactured by circularly knitting the same type of yarn to form first and second tubular fabrics and then simultaneously dyeing both... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4793035 | Dynamic control of textile warp size add-on on a running slasher The amount of textile warp size added to a sheet of threads in a running slasher is controlled by measuring the force applied to a separator bar, by passage of alternate threads on alternate sides of the bar. This force is the result of the dried size, wh... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4793036 | Apparatus for removing waste rovings from roving bobbins Apparatus for removing waste rovings from bobbins, in which the bobbins are conveyed in contact with a flocked endless belt driven in an opposite direction to the driven direction of the conveyor for the bobbins, the conveyor accommodating bobbins individ... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4793037 | Method of making a bullet A bullet and method of making the bullet is disclosed. The bullet comprises an outer jacket of copper base material and an inner core of lead. The jacket includes a base portion and an ogive shaped cylindrical portion. The base portion has a higher yield ... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4793038 | Apparatus for making harnesses of ribbon cable A method and apparatus for making electrical harnesses of flat cable (30) terminated at respective opposite ends in electrical connectors (13) with individual conductors electrically connected to corresponding contacts of rows of contacts in conductor-rec... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4793039 | Electronically controllable rotary transfer machine In its simplest form, the automatic transmission machine under discussion, with electronically controllable intermittently rotating table (FIG. 1), is made up of an annular base support (1) consisting of two half-plates (1' and 1") on whose opposite exter... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4793040 | Method of connecting two shafts with a coupling A method of coupling two shafts for rotation is proposed. The end of at least one shaft being constructed to include a hollow outwardly flared end portion, which includes an inner and an outer surface, at least one of these surfaces including alignment an... | 12/27/1988 |