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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4823404 | Two piece protective garment A protective garment is described that is particularly suitable for application such as spray painting and the like. The garment includes a top with a "Z" closure front opening and a separate bottom. The front of both the top and bottom is made from a non... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4823405 | Baby safety bag A baby safety and warmth bag for use in conjunction with automobile baby seats, having a torso portion and a pair of leg encasing tubular portions, along with a back portion extending upwardly from the torso. The back portion carries clearance slits to pe... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4823406 | Method of manufacturing stocking cap and resultant article A method of forming a stocking cap is disclosed which includes the steps of providing a tubular sleeve or body of knitted fabric, everting the sleeve to bring the raw edges of the sleeve into registry, encompassing the everted sleeve within a liner which ... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4823407 | Headwear with face tunnel for cold weather environment The headwear includes a headgear formed of flexible material for comfortably encompassing the individual's head. The forward portion of the headgear has an opening to which is mounted the inner end of a face tunnel, which projects forwardly of the headgea... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4823408 | Incinerator toilet with humpback catalyst container The incinerator toilet has an incinerator chamber with an opening formed therethrough in which is located an electrical heating coil. A bowl is located above the chamber and a removable pan located below the chamber. The chamber is formed by inner and out... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4823409 | Sheet flow spout A spout for providing a flow of water in the form of a sheet is disclosed. Water from a supply pipe is diverted orthogonally in two directions as it enters a reservoir inside the spout. Water pooled in the reservoir spills over a weir to form a sheet-shap... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4823410 | Dispensers A dispenser comprises a body having a storage chamber to substantially retain a selected dispensable material, a dilution chamber in communication with the storage chamber, the communication being such that fluid flow from the storage chamber to the dilut... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4823411 | Cleanout extension adaptor A cleanout extension adaptor for insertion into a cleanout extension construction in a plumbing arrangement. The cleanout extension adaptor includes a cylindrical body with a small, thin lip on the top for seating on the top of a cleanout extension. The c... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4823412 | Commode chair with pail and seat support An improved commode with a removable receptacle is provided with a chair portion, front and rear legs, and horizontal braces extending between the front legs and the rear legs, respectively. The rear brace is adapted for mounting a hinged toilet seat ther... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4823413 | Combined pneumatic switch and air control for use in whirpool baths A unitary apparatus combines the pneumatic switch and air control functions of separate conventional devices thereby eliminating the requirement to put two separate devices in a jetted whirlpool bath or spa. Two embodiments of the invention are disclosed ... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4823414 | Automatic faucet-sink control system An automatically controlled faucet-sink system having a fluid dispensing faucet with a sink disposed below that faucet, is controlled by means of a light source-photosensor pair juxtapositioned within a housing mounted on or near the back of the sink so t... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4823415 | Convertible infant bed A convertible bed for infants and small children wherein the crib transforms from a crib configuration for small infants to a bed that prevents toddlers from inadvertently climbing out of the bed and later to a small child's bed, wherein the child can fre... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4823416 | Method and apparatus to prevent clogging of sewer lines Apparatus and method for isolating and blocking articles flushed down toilets before they can get into and jam a main sewer line utilizes a threaded rod having a head for rotation thereof disposed on one end, a nut threaded onto the rod, a flat washer dis... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4823417 | Core structure and method of its manufacture A technical object of this invention is to hold down an inflation of an air cushioned portion of an air filled product required to have a high pneumatic pressure of the air chamber with extremely high load F. For the purpose, in a core structure according... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4823418 | Birth safety net A birth safety net to prevent the dropping or falling of a new born child as it exits the birth canal comprising a fabric body, five sides, five corners and means for securring each corner to a portion of the birthing chair or birthing bed.... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4823419 | Multi-purpose utensil for food preparation The utensil has a handle with a spoon/ladle assembly at one end and a spatula assembly at the other. The handle comprises two hollow telescopically engaged parts held in engagement by an elastic cord enclosed in the handle parts. The utensil is collapsed ... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4823420 | Contour molded insole A contour molded insole for footwear and method for producing the same to conform to an individual's foot includes at least one layer of material which is provided with plasticity for permitting shaping of the insole. An insole blank is shaped to include ... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4823421 | Hydraulic lip actuator for dock leveler A dock leveler including a base frame, a deck having its inner side pivotally mounted on the base frame and having a lip pivotally mounted on its outer side, mechanism for raising and lowering the deck, and a fluid circuit and associated linkage for raisi... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4823422 | Floor sweeper A manual cleaner has a case, a roller brush having driven rollers and mounted between the side plates of the case, wheels kept in contact with the driven rollers and mounted on axles extending in parallel with the roller bruch, and dust pans provided at b... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4823423 | Street sweeping apparatus A street sweeping apparatus with a sweeping device (10), a sweepings container (6) and a pickup device (2) for feeding the sweepings from the street into the sweepings container (6). The street sweeping apparatus is characterized in that the sweeping devi... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4823424 | Paint brush cleaning funnel A paint brush cleaning funnel, and combination including the same, wherein such funnel comprises a threaded liquid-inlet end, and outwardly flared hollow funnel portion, and a brush-tip-receiving hollow intermediate portion adjoining the inlet end with th... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4823425 | Chimney flue brush A brush for cleaning a chimney flue is formed from a central hub outwardly from which extends a plurality of plastics strips manufactured from strapping tape having a width of the order of 1/2 inch and a thickness of the order of 0.030 inch. The device is... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4823426 | Shoe sole cleaning device A cleaning device for dislodging, and picking up and retaining foreign particles and other matter adhered on athletic footwear soles or other discrete surfaces, comprising a pad assembly having an inner cushion pad element enclosed within a fabric outer c... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4823427 | Elastic dust mop head cover An abrasion-resistant elastic cloth which exhibits excellent dust pickup and dust retention is disclosed. A dust mop head cover may be formed from the cloth fabric. The dust mop head cover may be secured to the mop head without fasteners.... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4823428 | Waste liquid disposal apparatus An apparatus for disposing of waste liquid from an industrial cleaning system, which comprises a waste liquid holding tank designed to fit on a toilet, for receiving waste liquid and automatically emptying the waste liquid from the holding tank into the t... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4823429 | Vacuum cleaner A low cost mechanism for disengaging the brush which agitates the surface over which the vacuum cleaner nozzle moves by lifting the portion of the nozzle having the brush mounted therein above the surface. The lift mechanism is reciprocably mounted in the... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4823430 | Vacuum cleaner with brush lift-off An appliance provided with a base which has a working end and a handle structure provided with a lower barrel portion which is pivotally attached to the base. The barrel portion is provided with a pair of peripheral slots that cooperate with the pivotally... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4823431 | Fan blade cleaning device A portable ceiling fan blade cleaning device, consisting of a solid frame configured to form an elongated orifice with one terminal end of the frame downwardly extending to juncture with a device extension. A second terminal end of the frame allows a clea... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4823432 | Devices for stopping swinging doors A device which allows a choice of stopping positions for a swinging door mainly comprises a body having a cylindrical well together with a passage hole vertically formed through the body, an operation means includes a plunger normally supported by a sprin... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4823433 | Paint bucket handle accessory A paint bucket handle accessory includes a generally elongate grip or handle member for grasping in the hand by a user, with the gripper handle member including a groove extending generally the length of the member along the top side thereof. The groove i... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4823434 | Outer door handle An outer door handle, for example for a vehicle, includes a stationary casing fixed to the door and a handle member movably mounted on the door adjacent the case and connected to the opening mechanism of the door. In order to improve appearance of the han... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4823435 | Multipart handle for a sanitary tap The handle for sanitary apparatus is intended to be fixed by clipsing on the free end of a control shaft and comprises a thin metallic envelope (1) defining the outside shape and appearance of the handle, a supple insert (2) comprising a dome (9) to which... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4823436 | Two-part connecting fixture for furniture which includes a sprung-detent locking lever In a two-part connecting fixture for connecting parts of a piece of furniture, preferably to a hinge bracket and mounting plate assembly, one of the parts of the fixture is provided with a spring-loaded pivoted lever and the other with an abutment that is... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4823437 | Spring loaded hinge A continuous, elongated hinge is described as having a hinge pin which is comprised of two solid pivot pins which are oppositely disposed and axially spaced from each other. The more closely spaced distal ends of the pivot pins have a pair of parti-cylind... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4823438 | Hinge assembly for shower stalls A hinge assembly for shower stalls has a helical spring on the hinge pin, positioned in a gap between the coaxial hinge sleeves, the ends of this spring being attached respectively to the two pieces of the hinge so as to apply biasing spring tension to ho... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4823439 | Machine for filling dough-like materials A machine for filling pasteous media, particularly sausage stuffing, into a hose-shaped sleeve, comprises a filling pump having a pressure side, a filling pipe for receiving a sausage sleeve and connected with the pressure side of the filling pump and hav... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4823440 | Web weight control system A web weight control system and method are disclosed wherein the actual weight of fibers supplied to a carding machine (36) are measured in a weight pan (20) or while moving on a conveyor (22) by a sensor (92). the supply roll (14) is controlled by comput... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4823441 | Highly alkaline detergent pellets and process therefor Highly alkaline detergent compositions are prepared by mixing together, in a mixing device, a melt of alkaline material with a heat-alkaline sensitive material, such as, an alkali metal complex phosphate sequestrant and/or an active-chlorine source. The r... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4823442 | Hose clamp A hose clamp having an elongated strip and a clasp is disclosed. The strip has a projecting member for enabling positioning of the clasp upon the strip. Barb members are formed on the longitudinal edges of the strip to enable locking of the strip within t... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4823443 | Strap tie down device and method for its use A strap tie down device combining the winch-pulley effect comprising an elongated rigid frame made up of a base and two spaced parallel side plates attached perpendicular to opposite sides of said base, at both ends of the frame a set of at least two tran... | 04/25/1989 |
