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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4800632 | Apparatus for producing leaves for christmas tree An apparatus for producing leaves for Christmas tree has a housing securing thereon an iron wire source, a plastic cloth source, a cutting means for continuously cutting two sides of the cloth, a shearing means for regularly shearing in desired shape the ... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800633 | Method of making a water level control device A method of making a water level control device comprising the steps of forming a frame to have a substantially flat frame plate with opposite sides and with an elongated slot passing therethrough and having a first portion, forming a movable cam follower... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800634 | Method of manufacturing a bicycle hub sleeve A hub sleeve for a bicycle hub is manufactured by cold-swaging or forging. The hub sleeve is integrally provided with ball bearing faces and with internal torque transmission teeth. The torque transmission teeth are obtained by radial dislocation of the w... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800635 | Method of manufacturing flute headjoints A mold is made from a flute chimney model having a precision bore, and a chimney is cast from the mold with substantially no shrinkage in bore diameter. The mold can be made from a chimney model having an entire undercut surface thereon, and the chimney c... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800636 | Process for manufacturing an in-the-ear canal hearing aid The invention relates to a process for manufacturing an in-the-ear-canal hearing aid with microphone, amplifier, volume control, battery compartment with battery, and earphone, together with an individually matched ear-piece by making an impression of the... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800637 | Method of removing plugs A mechanical plug (20) having internal threads (24) and displaceable cone (30) for expanding the plug into secure engagement with a steam generator tube (14) is removed by a method which includes the step of moving the cone (30) upwardly within an interna... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800638 | Method of mounting an outer skin to an inner panel of a vehicle door A vehicle door includes a module to which the door hardware can be attached and tested off line prior to shipment to the vehicle manufacturer.... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800639 | Method of making a metal bone implant The metal bone implant is constructed with thin sheets of superplastic material which are deformed into irregular contours. The sheets are welded to the solid base element of the implant and thereafter deformed outwardly under fluid presure to an irregula... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800640 | Automated assembly system and method of assembly An automated assembly system comprising a pair of spaced supporting frames on which a corresponding pair of guide rails extend transversely in a direction perpendicular to the direction of conveyance of a workpiece. Two movable arm units, each having tool... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800641 | Methods for manufacturing a tape cassette with separate tape guide having integrated rollers A tape cassette with a separate, plastic, molded, elongated, tape guide subassembly is described. The tape guide subassembly incorporates two bearing extensions integrally molded at the left and right ends thereof. Each bearing extension is a pair of oppo... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800642 | Method of producing a hydropneumatic accumulator A method for manufacturing a hydropneumatic accumulator including a metal sheet casing and an elastomer membrane which separates the inside of the casing into a first chamber containing a pressurized gas and a second chamber containing a liquid, this memb... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800643 | Method of mounting a bolt in lightweight panels A method for mounting an insert fastener to accommodate a bolt in lightweight panels is described. A hole is bored in a panel to penetrate the core and upper facial sheet and then is filled with a quick setting resin. A fastener having a flat circular hea... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800644 | Method for fastening or loosening a clamp unit The clamp apparatus transmits torque forces between a shaft and a hub. The clamp apparatus comprises conical rings, each having a conical surface together with a cylindrical inner or outer circumferential surface. The conical rings are drawn together by a... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800645 | Machining center with magazine for the tools The mechanical machining center is associated with a magazine for the tools in which the tools are collected in two horizontal rows superposed on vertical frames (pallets) transportable by means of a rotatable handling device from the magazine to a positi... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800646 | Transfer tooling for wire coils Transfer and inserter tooling for receiving coil windings from a coil winder such as a shed winder, and for inserting the coils into a dynamoelectric component such as a motor stator. The tooling includes a transfer tool molded of plastic and providing a ... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800647 | Electric module insertion tool A Pin Grid Array (PGA) insertion tool includes first and second sets of moveably mounted facing fingers which are inserted in the space between a PGA connector and the substrate to which the connector is secured. A plunger includes a PGA insertion member ... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800648 | Method of connecting wire harness for automobile vehicle To facilitate wiring work of electric devices housed within an automotive vehicle door via a wire harness, connector windows are formed in the trim cover; the wire harness is fixed to the inside of the trim cover by inserting the harness connectors into t... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800649 | Disposable shaver A disposable shaver having a unified handle and shaving lubricant container including in one embodiment a slideable manually operated plunger for expelling the shaving lubricant therefrom, and including in a preferred embodiment, such container having man... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800650 | Annular circular saw blade The invention relates to an annular circular saw blade (8) with imaginary center axis and with a plane of symmetry (19) which is perpendicular to the imaginary center axis, an inner rim section (14) with a first drive surfaces (22) provided to work in con... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800651 | Vehicle alignment system An apparatus and method for aligning axles with respect to the frame of a vehicle and for determining wheel camber thereof.... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800652 | Machine for measuring generally circular objects in cylindrical coordinates A machine measures an object of generally circular cross-section by superimposing on the subject a cylindrical coordinate system having five axes, namely a vertical measuring axis Z, three radial axes R0, R120, R240 emanating at a common point along the m... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800653 | Method and apparatus for controlling the drying and cooling of field-harvested seeds in storage Method and apparatus for conditioning and preserving living seeds in a bin of the type having means for forcing air into a plenum chamber in the lower part of the bin, a floor pervious to gas flow forming the top of the chamber, and heating means. Electri... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800654 | Handheld cordless hair dryer A handheld cordless hair dryer utilizes a battery powered fan for directing a flow of air through a nozzle body portion within which a heat exchanger is disposed in heat exchange relationship with respect to both the airflow and heat generated by a gas co... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800655 | Solvent recovery system A solvent recovery system in a low temperature dryer constructed so that hot air is blown into a tumbler housing from a heater, and through a tumbler drum to a cooler in a condenser compressor, a gas evaporator, a gas condenser coil, an expansion valve, a... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800656 | Device and process for drying solvent-containing plastic sheets or films Drying installation for drying plastic sheets containing solvents or moisture which was made according to the casting process.... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800657 | Variably adjustable shoe insert Disclosed herein is an insert for a shoe, boot, or the like which is capable of plural adjustments so as to adapt the insert to the unique physical conformation of the wearer's foot, to hold the foot in a neutral axis position substantially at all times, ... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800658 | Adjustable rear closing device for ski boots Rear closing device for rear-entry ski-boots, comprising a lever arrangement easily and readily operated between the opened and clamped positions and permitting adjusting of clamping position of boot leg in relation to shell and hence of inclination of bo... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800659 | foot-clamping structure for shoes and boots In shoes and boots, in particular ski boots, at least one band-like member can be clamped against the foot or the liner containing whereby the foot is clamped to the shoe or the boot by means of a device readily actuatable and positioned in the front part... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800660 | Automatic speed stage changing apparatus for a wheel loader An automatic speed stage changing apparatus for a wheel loader is intended to control shift-down of the wheel loader when a bucket is caused to plunge into an object to be digged such as a hill-shaped earth mass or the like, and an angle suitable for digg... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800661 | Electric iron Disclosed is an electric iron including a heat-radiating base. A coating is formed on the lower side of the heat-radiating base. The coating is formed by mixing conductive fine powder and a polyethersulfone resin with a polytetrafluoroethylene resin.... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800662 | Magnetic map marker A magnetic marker is provided for maps comprising a marking unit of predetermined shape for the front surface of the map and including a magnetic material such as a sheet of soft iron. A magnet is provided for the rear surface of the map to attract the ma... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800663 | Collapsible display apparatus Display apparatus of expandable/collapsible form incorporating a framework which is erected and display support mounted on the framework defining a continuous support surface to which displays may be attached. A feature of the framework includes mounting ... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800664 | Map holder A map holder for vehicles having a compartment with a pivotal, transparent cover, a mounting base for supporting the compartment adjustably thereon, together with a single alignment pin on the compartment and a pair of alignment holes in the mounting base... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800665 | Pistol grip safety clip A clip for a pistol having a pivotal grip safety holds the grip safety in a forward depressed position allowing operation of the firing mechanism of the pistol when the trigger is pulled. The clip is in the form of a thin band having first and second oppo... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800666 | Method and apparatus for temporarily immobilizing an earthworm Method and apparatus for immobilization of an earthworm 13 to facilitate the baiting of a fishing hook. To immobilize the earthworm, the earthworm is partially coated with sharp grained sand 11 having a grain size of less than 1/20th of an inch. The appar... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800667 | Illuminated fishing net An illuminated fish net is comprised of a central, substantial body structure which receives and provides operative inter-engagement between a loop for receiving a net and a handle as well as interiorally disposed illuminating means including a light, bat... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800668 | Adjustable tension fishing rod The invention is directed to an adjustable stiffness fishing rod and a device for varying the pressure within the rod. The fishing rod includes a hollow rod filled with a liquid and a device for pressurizing the liquid to vary the stiffness of the rod. Th... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800669 | Spinner blades for use in water or air A spinner for fishing lures comprises a relatively lightweight, substantially rigid disc having a fold line extending across the disc whereby the two parts separated by the fold line may be angulated towards one another with an included angle of between a... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800670 | Fishing lure Fishing lures which releasably secure chemiluminescent capsules therein. Releasable mountings are sized to receive and snuggly hold the resilient chemiluminescent capsules and enable them to be readily removed and replaced, despite possible variances in l... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4800671 | Insect trapping band An insect trapping band comprises an elongate strip of flexible material having a generally centrally located longitudinally extending reduced thickness area or groove in one surface thereof. A quantity of insect trapping adhesives is deposited in the gro... | 01/31/1989 |
