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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4860381 | Bib-bowl A bib-bowl for use during feeding of a user comprises a bowl to carry food to be eaten by the user having a rim, a bottom, and a given portion adjacent the body of the user containing therein a circular slot having a predetermined length; and a sheet of m... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4860382 | Protective garment A protective garment is shown for protecting the wear against noxious chemicals in liquid aerosol and vapor form. The protective garment is made up of two separate plies, the first ply comprising a fire retardant fabric having bonded to it a microporous m... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4860383 | Decorative garment A decorative garment comprising a sheet of fabric having a central opening therein sized for passage of the head, shoulders, or waist of a wearer. There is pocket structure about the cutout to accommodate a drawstring so that the size of the cutout may be... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4860384 | Sleeve arrangement and method of manufacture thereof A sleeve arrangement on garments, protective aprons or protective clothing having a whole and unbroken front piece entails the material for the sleeves being in one piece and joined along a substantially coherent, preferably continuous join extending arou... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4860385 | Reversible seamless glove A reversible seamless glove made to be worn on either the right or left hand and automatically assuming the proper contour for the respective hand. The glove has a front sheet and a back sheet and either a half stall piece or a gusset. The half stall piec... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4860386 | Method of making an enclosed sleeve A garment (20) for controlling excessive hand activity comprises a body clothing means (22) and a pair of sleeve members (24, 26) which each comprise a control end (28, 30). The control ends (28, 30) each comprise a plurality of envelopes (46, 48, 50, 52,... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4860387 | Doll decorated garment with detachable doll clothing A decorated garment (11) has a plurality of doll figures (12, 13, 14) mounted on its front surface. Articles of clothing (26) for each of the doll figures are adapted to be attached to the doll figures to provide decorative wardrobes for the doll figures.... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4860388 | Uniform garment A health care personnel blouse of light-weight material including a pocket which is designed for holding pens, scissors, and the like normal to activities of health care personnel. The pocket is orientated in such a position as to be aligned with the fold... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4860389 | Protective helmet with movable integrated screen A helmet of the integral type (1) including a helmet (2) provided with an aperture (3) closable by means of a movable screen (4). The movable screen is removed from the aperture by a pushbutton (7) actuating a lever (8). The lever is accommodated by the t... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4860390 | Drainage plug A drainage plug to be used in a bathtub, a basin or the like, wherein the plug is provided with a mechanism for opening or closing a plug cap every time a direct contact of a user with the plug cap through a user's foot or hand is performed. A foot or man... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4860391 | Arrangement for treatment of hair with circulating liquid An arrangement for treatment of hair with circulating liquid comprises a circulating pump unit provided with a pump and having a suction opening and a discharge opening. A foot is to seal an opening of a flushing basin and formed as a plug matching with t... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4860392 | Hydrotherapy massage unit A hydrotherapy tub massage apparatus comprising a mixing chamber provided by the cooperative disposition of the human body with a surface of the hydrotub. Directional water ejectors for air inducting water ejectors are used to direct a stream of water or ... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4860393 | Convertible chair for either sitting or lying A piece of furniture convertible from a chair to a cot and vice versa comprising connected inner and outer carriages which can telescope out of a frame from a chair position within the frame to a cot position outside the frame and having a head cushion hi... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4860394 | Hospital bed or hospital table The object of the present invention is a hospital bed or a hospital table. This bed or table comprise a base (1), a platform (2), a means (3) to adjust the height of the platform above the ground, a means (4) to adjust the inclination of the platform in procli... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4860395 | Water-cooled lounging pad A water-cooled lounging pad having circular top and bottom sheets of flexible plastic material to be lain upon by a person obtaining a suntan, a heat seal joining the top and bottom sheets at their peripheries to form a flattened circular waterproof closu... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4860396 | Backboard for dual occupancy bed A backboard for a dual occupancy bed that allows two sleepers to lie on a single mattress such that each sleeper may remain substantially undistributed by the other's presence on the mattress. The backboard includes two planar members spaced by a connecto... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4860397 | Pneumatic cushion A pneumatic cushion having preinflated sealed cells with pressure compensators for distributing air between cells in response to loads placed thereon, the pneumatic cushion having a mid sheet with top and bottom surfaces, a top layer of preinflated sealed... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4860398 | Rod and bracket assembly and associated bed skirt An improved bed skirt assembly including a plurality of laterally spaced apart brackets coupled to the bottom of a box spring frame of a bed. The assembly also including rods placed into and supported by the brackets to accommodate prepared yard good mate... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4860399 | Method of and apparatus for conditioning a traveling textile fabric substrate Applying non-treating liquid to a traveling textile fabric substrate during temporary change-over discontinuance of treating liquor application in a textile treating and drying range with the non-treating liquid being applied in an amount sufficient to ap... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4860400 | Device capable of adhering to a wall surface by suction and treating it A device capable of adhering to a wall surface by suction by the pressure of an ambient fluid and treating the wall surface, which comprises a pressure receiver member and a partition defining a pressure reduction zone in cooperation with the pressure rec... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4860401 | Dipstick wiper A dipstick wiper is provided for use in association with a dipstick of the type having an elongated blade which is proportioned to extend through an open end of an access passage of an access tube into a fluid reservoir for the purposes of determining the... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4860402 | Carpet mat retainer clip A retainer clip to fixedly position a mat relative to an underlying carpet particularly suited to automotive environments. The retainer clip is formed from a single piece of generally rectangularly shaped resilient material which has a cut-out cut in a fi... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4860403 | Method of eliminating aging step in poultry processing A method for processing poultry, including the conversion of live birds to component meat parts in substantially less time and using substantially less energy, which method comprises the steps of: providing a live poultry bird; slaughtering said bird with... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4860404 | Portable deer pole A strong yet portable deer pole including a platform, removable support legs telescopingly received in sockets on the platform for supporting the platform above the ground and a plurality of hangers which extend from the platform to support multiple game ... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4860405 | Apparatus for drying material transported in a fluid stream An apparatus for drying material transported in a fluid stream including a nozzle borne in the described embodiment by a suction tube of a cotton gin and defining an air channel which is operable to direct a stream of heated air to the intake end of the n... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4860406 | Method for detecting the density or thickness and variations thereof of fiber material at the infeed of a textile machine as well as a method for evening the density or thickness variations of fiber material at the infeed of a textile machine A fiber infeed device supplies fiber material to a textile machine, such as a card, and comprises a driven rotatable feed roll and feed plate. This roll is, however, spatially fixed, whereas the feed plate is pivotable but physically immobile during detec... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4860407 | Device for the blending of different fibres in a desired ratio of components A device for blending different fibres in a desired ratio to make envelopes for drain pipes has at least two pressure passages in a parallel relation, with a small space therebetween. Different fibres are introduced into the first ends of each pressure pa... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4860408 | Cargo strap A stretchable, flexible cargo strap assembly comprises an elongated, stretchable first member having the properties of generating restoring force when stretched from a relaxed condition to a tensioned condition, and an elongated second member having a por... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4860409 | Molding retention clip assembly A molding retention clip assembly has a molded plastic base having a planar bottom surface adapted to rest upon the painted surface of the vehicle body and a keyhole slot adapted to fit over a head stud welded to the vehicle body. The headed stud retains ... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4860410 | Cam action fastener A cam action fastener for holding together two parts having holes formed therethrough by inserting the fastener through the holes from one side only of one of the parts. The fastener is formed from a single, elongate member having two outer portions equal... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4860411 | Thread separator for seaming machines The invention concerns a thread separator for seaming machines, especially the seaming of dewatering webs, drying webs, felts and so on. The object underlying the invention consists therein to optimize the reliablility of the function of the thread separator b... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4860412 | Loop breaker for textured yarn An apparatus and process to produce a spun-like synthetic yarn which employs a filament loop breaker which is periodically and automatically opened to break the vacuum pressure to allow lint collected therein to be released and collected.... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4860413 | Method of and apparatus for use in forming diametrically opposed studs on tubular connectors Diametrically opposed studs are formed from a flange on the unfinished portion of a tubular threaded connector by first milling the flange to leave diametrically disposed portions of a cross sectional area such that a stud may be formed from each such por... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4860414 | Indexing and transporting mechanism An indexing and transporting mechanism having a plurality of work-holding spindles spaced around a carousel, the carousel being journaled on a machine frame provided with work-performing stations and being indexable to carry the spindles sequentially from... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4860415 | Method of making a vehicle seat assembly with pour-in-place foam body A method of manufacturing a portion of a seat. A cover member is shaped to a predetermined shape and placed in a foam molding tool into which is injected an expandable liquid foaming material to mold a foam pad which is integrally bonded to the cover memb... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4860416 | Variable-crown roll A variable-crown roll comprises a straight arbor, and a plurality of antifriction bearings which are mounted on the arbor, each of the bearings having a cylindrical outer surface which is sloped with respect to the outer surface of the arbor, the bearings... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4860417 | Developer carrier A developer carrier to be formed is provided with an electrode layer which includes a plurality of electrode particles embedded in a dielectric material as electrically isolated from one another and exposed at an outer surface at least partly. In one aspe... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4860418 | Method of assembling a rotor of a steam turbine consttuted by disks shrunk onto a shaft A method of assembling a rotor of a steam turbine constituted by disks (2) shrunk onto a shaft, the disks (2) being provided with cavities (4) facing one another and having female pegs (5) disposed in the cavities in one disk (2) and male pegs (6) dispose... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4860419 | Split bearing assemblies, method for making Method for making split bearing assemblies by fracture separation, particularly pertaining to engine connecting rods, include steps wherein previously clamped body and cap portions are quickly forced apart longitudinally to cause fracture separation of bo... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4860420 | Method of fabricating a clean room filter bank A method of fabricating a clean room filter bank under essentially "clean" conditions is disclosed, and wherein the filter bank includes a supporting latticework composed of a plurality of interconnected channel members which define rectangular open areas... | 08/29/1989 |
