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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4881275 | Basketball gripping glove A new and improved basketball gripping glove or gripping glove for any similar size spherical object or ball to be worn by a Basketball player or other athlete. The glove is constructed of a wrist anchor strap with a plurality of five elastomeric bands ex... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4881276 | Reinforced cold weather sports glove A cold weather sports glove including at least one of the fingers or thumb having an area of low coefficient of friction and at least one opposing finger or thumb having an area of high coefficient of friction. The glove is formed with a layer of compress... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4881277 | Protective glove and method of manufacture A protective glove for protection against infection due to puncture or rupture of the glove during surgery formed from two protective layers. The outer layer is formed with substantially the same finger lengths as the inner layer and slightly larger diame... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4881278 | Combination package for disinfecting and covering toilet seat A single-use unitary package for carrying toilet seat disinfecting/covering materials on the person. The package is constructed of flexible sheet material such as aluminum foil, sealed along edges and across the middle to form two compartments. One compar... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4881279 | Dual flush mechanism A dual flush mechanism which allows the user to select either a full or partial flush, while using a single flush valve. A full flush is obtained by a first handle which lifts a flush valve actuating arm to unseat the flush valve in a conventional manner.... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4881280 | Waterfall producing unit for use in swimming pools A unit for producing a waterfall at the edge of a swimming pool, spa or the like. The unit is mounted in the side of the pool and produces a smooth sheet of water which is directed away from the side of the pool. The unit has a baffle in the interior ther... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4881281 | Bathing device, in particular for bathing babies The device according to the invention comprises a receptacle 1 having a side wall 2 with facing wall portions thereof being at different distances apart and delimiting an internal periphery of the receptacle, the device is characterized in that it further... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4881282 | Adjustable shower head A pivotal shower head is provided with a remotely actuatable directional control mechanism. A directional control yoke is mounted on a ball and socket pivotally adjustable shower head mounted within a protective housing. Four control cables are mounted at... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4881283 | Self contained eye wash fountain A self-contained emergency eye wash fountain. The fountain includes a base having a spray nozzle, upstanding walls defining an open top and a flow channel extending from an inlet end adjacent to the upstanding walls to the spray nozzle. The fountain base ... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4881284 | Self-cleaning restroom The self-cleaning restroom includes at least one non-rotatable wall portion associated with a fixed toilet and at least one rotatable wall portion supporting a restroom fixture such as a lavatory or a urinal. The rotatable portion is adapted to move betwe... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4881285 | Motorized cradle A power rocked cradle with timed control and supplemental music. The cradle is rocked by a motor through a crank and linkage.... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4881286 | Effective diffuser/thickener screen backflushing The screens of a pulp treating vessel, such as a paper pulp thickener, or diffuser, are back flushed in a simple yet effective manner. The screens are mounted to a supporting conduit within a vertical vessel, and a cylinder is connected at one open end to... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4881287 | Apparatus for treating round objects The disclosure relates to an apparatus for washing objects such as golf balls, the apparatus essentially comprising two disks (33,36) which are disposed in register and in spaced-apart relationship, the disks being provided, on their sides facing one anot... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4881288 | Center feed dispenser for cleaning solution In a machine which cleans or buffs a floor by rotating a cleaning or buffing pad against the floor at high speed, simplified means are disclosed for supplying a controlled amount of cleaning fluid to the floor at the center of the cleaning pad. Vacuum whi... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4881289 | Paint-coating brush A paint-coating brush is disclosed which comprises a body with an axial center bore and with a threaded portion on the butt side, a plurality of piliform members bundled on the outer surface of a muzzle-side end portion of the body, a cylindrical sleeve f... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4881290 | Mops and mop frames A folding mop frame has a pair of lateral outer sections pivoted on a central section of the frame and resiliently engagable by that central section to hold them extended with all the sections co-planar. On the upper faces of the lateral sections, near th... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4881291 | Lottery ticket scraper enabling precise removal of surface layer from ticket A hand held device is herein provided for selectively scraping a surface layer from the face of a lottery ticket or the like, with this device having a housing member upon which a blade is mounted, with the housing having a central cavity for catching and... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4881292 | Housing attachment assembly with a plastic attachment tab and a clip A housing, such as an air filter housing, with a plastic attachment tab is provided with a releasable, one-piece, U-shaped attachment clip engaging in a through aperture in the attachment tab and having sleeves formed in the vicinity of the through apertu... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4881293 | Wedge member for use on carpeted floors A wedge member usable as a door stop on a carpeted floor. Special triangular cross-sectioned grooves are formed in the lower face of the wedge member to bend and trap carpet pile yarns, whereby the wedge member is prevented from sliding out from beneath t... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4881294 | Auxiliary handle for hand-held tool An auxiliary handle is attachable by a band-shaped clamping member of a clamping device to a housing part of a hand tool such as a drill. A bearing part, supportable on the housing part, has alignable through openings for an axially extending depth stop. ... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4881295 | Handle assembly for removable auto electronic equipment A shuttle or recessed housing 11 for a vehicle radio and/or fixed recording player is disclosed. This shuttle is particularly designed to permit owner removal of such a unit 10 located in an attractive vehicle dashboard console 20 in which it is the desir... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4881296 | Variable hinge for a door or window The invention relates to a mounting for a door or window, especially an all-glass door or an all-glass window. A vertical frame piece provides a vertically extending receiving space accessible via a vertical slit for an anchor with an internal thread. A s... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4881297 | Furniture hinge with snap-in mechanism A furniture hinge with a snap-in mechanism for locking the hinge arm connected to a door onto a base plate fastened to the furniture article, the hinge comprising an articulation housing having swivel arms projecting therefrom, the free ends of the swivel... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4881298 | Separable door hinge for vehicle body First and second hinge leaves are mounted respectively on the body and the door with one hinge leaf having a pivot pin and the other hinge having a hinge aperture adapted to engage the pivot pin to establish a door hinge pivot axis. The first and second l... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4881299 | Orthopaedic and orthotic bi-pivotal hinge with improved adjustment means An orthopaedic and orthotic bi-pivotal hinge assembly having a hinge body and a pair of coplanar and independently-pivotal hinge arms. The proximal end portions of the hinge arms are disposed within the hinge body and have planar abutment surfaces that fa... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4881300 | Molding apparatus to mold ground meat or the like A molding apparatus particularly adapted to be associated to a meat chopper to mold the extruded ground meat into hamburgers. The said apparatus is provided with a feeler or snesor which disactivates the meat chopper when a hamburger has been formed and w... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4881301 | Method of tying the open end of a bag A flexible, arcuate open band having opposed tips carrying interlockable members is used to releasably tie together the open end of a transport bag.... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4881302 | Cord or rod clamp A cord or rod clamp includes a housing defining a central opening and having jaw members and wedge members located within the housing. Spring elements normally position the jaw members in substantially contacting relationship with each other and within th... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4881303 | Quickly adjustable stirrup buckle A quickly and easily adjustable buckle enables an equestrian to rapidly and precisely adjust the height of his or her stirrups relative to the saddle with less distraction than the equipment disclosed in the prior art. This provides a great advantage in m... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4881304 | Self-tightening pivotable grippers An improved self-tightening pivotable gripper is provided in a gripper having two pin members and an elongated leaf spring, in which the pin members each have a jaw and pivot arm with a pivot portion therebetween and in which the spring bends around and j... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4881305 | Locking box clasp for jewelry An improved locking box clasp for use with jewelry comprising a generally rectangular box with a top opening, a side opening and front end openings, a clip member and a locking pin. The clip member inserts into the front end of the box, and contains a loc... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4881306 | Casket bed A casket bed has a rectangular metal frame formed by inserting tongues projecting from some frame members into slots in the adjacent frame member. Bands of industrial strapping are wrapped horizontally and longitudinally about the frame to complete the fo... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4881307 | Expansion of sheet materials A process and machine are provided for the formation of expanded mesh materials in which a slotted starting sheet is bent along at least one succession of alternate strand diagonals (1,2, 3, 4, 5; A, B, C, D), each strand (20) in any one diagonal being be... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4881308 | Method of terminating lead filled capacitor A method of manufacturing a ceramic capacitor of the lead filled type includes coating the ends of the ceramic monolith with a terminating paste incorporating oxidizable metal particles characterized in that the lead will not wet to oxides of the metals b... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4881309 | Flexible machining system A flexible machining system includes a four axis double end slant bed unit which can be operated as a single or double spindle chucker, a precision boring machine, a way-type machine, a lathe or an automatic bar feeder. By providing the unit with a fifth ... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4881310 | Overhung roll assembly Disclosed is an annular roll for use in combination with a roll shaft having a tapered portion and an end portion, the roll surrounding the tapered shaft portion and having circumferentially spaced keys in an outer face thereof, an abutment engageable wit... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4881311 | Heat exchanger assembly with integral fin unit A heat exchanger assembly of the side-entry cross-fin type includes first and second integral fin units, each comprising a single sheet of material provided with a plurality of aligned apertures, the sheet of material being folded in accordian-fashion suc... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4881312 | Method for manufacturing a fitting for a heat exchanger A fitting for a two flat tube serpentine heat exchanger having high burst pressure comprises a header plate with two slots for receiving the flat tubing and a cover plate with a port, a nipple protruding from the port, and a recess surrounding the port an... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4881313 | Method of forming a cell filter with an exposed surface A cell-type filter cartridge is disclosed having netting thereon, as well as a method for producing same. Briefly stated, the surface area of filter material exposed to unfiltered fluid has disposed thereon a netting thereby preventing flaking, cracking a... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4881314 | Method of explosively forming a multilayered composite material A method of forming composite materials comprising reinforced fibres, such as carbon fibres 12, embedded in a metal matrix 10, 13. The method comprises forming a first metal sheet 10, laying the reinforcing fibres 12 on the first sheet 10, and explosively... | 11/21/1989 |
