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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4897885 | One-piece infant bunting An infant bunting formed from a single blank of multi-layer fabric material in which a thermal insulation core layer is sandwiched between inner and outer facing layers, the periphery of the blank being ultrasonically welded to create a continuous hem. Th... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4897886 | Firefighter's garments having minimum weight and excellent protective qualities A firefighter's garment as disclosed herein may be a coat or trousers or a vest. The garment has an outer layer, an intermediate layer, and an inner layer. A spacer element or elements are positioned between two of the layers of the garment. The spacer el... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4897887 | Preknotted adjustable necktie A preknotted adjustable necktie comprises a knot former having, an inner body (62) and an outer body (61), an inner tie member with a zipper (3), an outer tie member (5), and a rivet (63). The knot former serves forming and control functions, and the inne... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4897888 | Helmet strap clip, and assembly A helmet strap clip assembly includes two clip elements, each connectible to a helmet strap or straps, the two elements having interconnectible tongue and groove parts whereby they are connectible together and disconnectible from one another in response t... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4897889 | Shower-partition with pivoted door A shower-partition contains a pivoted door which is hinged to a compensating section by means of hinges. The compensating section is secured, in such a manner as to be horizontally adjustable, to a second profiled rail by means of connecting elements. It ... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4897890 | Air control system for air bed An air pump having a diaphragm moved with a solenoid operates to supply air under pressure to air mattresses of an air bed. A hand control having a pair of valves functions to control the operation of the air pump to supply air to the air mattresses and v... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4897891 | Dust Ruffles for a bed with an improved fastener system A set of bed dust ruffles, preferably made of cloth, which has along its upper, unruffled border, i.e., perimeter, a mesh or screen is disclosed. The mesh affixed to the ruffles is to be releasably attached to attachment, or fastening, means located on th... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4897892 | Golf club grip cleaner A golf club grip cleaner (10) is provided, which comprises (a) a cleaning housing (12) provided with a rotatably mounted cleaning tubular chamber (22) sealed at its bottom end with a cap (30), the tubular means provided with a plurality of cleaning brushe... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4897893 | Paint roller frame including snap-on cover for outboard end cap Paint roller frame includes a snap-on cover for the outboard end cap. The cover has an end wall which extends the full radial extent of the outboard end cap and an axial skirt portion which has a greater axial length than the radial outermost surface of t... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4897894 | Vacuum cleaner nozzle A vacuum cleaner nozzle comprises a body (10) having a suction passageway (11) extending therethrough, both ends of said passageway being adapted to receive a suction conduit (20). One end of the suction passageway is surrounded by a dust-brush (12) and t... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4897895 | Front caster device for infant stroller A front caster device for facilitating directing an infant stroller which comprises a bracket for mounting an axle along a transverse axis for rotatably mounting a ground supporting wheel thereto having a socket having an inner flange and a bushing adapte... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4897896 | Harvesting, shucking and eviscerating clams at sea A sea-going vessel has mounted on its deck a clam processing plant which includes in sequence a steamer, a clam crusher, a seawater washer, a brine separator, an eviscerator and a chill tank. Special valves are constructed to feed and discharge clams from... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4897897 | Clothing for a cleaning or opening roller A toothed strip or forming a clothing on a roller is formed of a plurality of teeth disposed along a front face of the face in alternating relation with a plurality of troughs. Each tooth has an equilateral triangle shaped front face with a flat apex and ... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4897898 | Adjustable tape measure clip The adjustable tape measure clip includes a strip of spring steel folded over to form a primary spring with opposing leaves, the inner leaf being adapted for attachment to the case of the tape measure. The inner leaf includes a secondary spring for adjust... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4897899 | Cable tie A cable tie comprises a strap having a plurality of spaced parallel racks of teeth extending along the length thereof and a head for receiving the strap. A reinforcing median strip extends along the length of the strap between the racks of teeth to add ma... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4897900 | Holder for pocket square Holder for a pocket square includes two panels joined together by a living hinge for receiving a pocket square between them. Outer edges of the panels, remote from the living hinge, include fastening elements for securing the panels together with the pock... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4897901 | Machine for brushing fabrics, equipped with counter-pile workers and with teazles The brushing machine according to the invention comprises controlled brushing rollers of the counter-pile type as well as rollers of the teazle type, of small dimensions with respect to the width of the fabric to be brushed, mounted to rotate freely about... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4897902 | Fabrics and twisted yarns formed from ultrahigh tenacity and modulus fibers, and methods of heat-setting Ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene fibers of high tenacity and modulus shrink controlled amounts at temperatures in the range of 100°-155° C. Fabrics and twisted multifilament yarns of these fibers are heat-shrunk or heat-set at these temperatures.... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4897903 | Method of providing an ink jet printing head with piezo-crystals A method of providing an ink jet printing head with piezo-crystals comprises the steps of providing a plateshaped basic printing head body including an ink supply reservoir, ink pressure chambers, ink exit openings, ink outlet channels which connect the p... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4897904 | Apparatus which provides for the placement of a bit point of a bit at a predetermined position The present invention pertains to a method which provides for the placement of a bit point of a bit at a predetermined position with respect to a rotatable member. The method includes the steps of burning into a holder a surface which corresponds to a por... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4897905 | Controlled deflection roll using inert gasses and independent lubrication system Apparatus for controlling the oxygenation of both the bearing lubrication oil and the hydraulic oil used for actuating the roll shell support elements in a controlled deflection roll, such as used in the papermaking industry, includes a seal at either end... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4897906 | Method of making a fluid pressure surge damper for a fluid system A fluid surge damper for damping fluid pressure surges in a fluid system. The damper including a housing and elastomeric element located therein which is protected from the deleterious effects of the fluid by a flexible membrane. The flexible membrane con... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4897907 | Process for manufacturing nozzle tip A process for manufacturing a nozzle tip of an elongated valve closing orifice type comprises rolling a tubular workpiece so as to form a circumferential indentation in said workpiece. The interior surface of the indented wall is precisely ground to form ... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4897908 | Method of attaching tubes in a tube plate in a heat exchanger A method of attaching tubes of high-qualilty material, such as titanium, stainless steel, etc., in a tube plate of a simpler material which is not wherein or substantially not weldable to the tube material, involves attaching sleeves of the same material ... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4897909 | Method for wheel manufacture by punch forming Method for punch forming center pilot opening or other wheel mounting surfaces in a pierceable metal performed wheel disc blank mounted internally of the wheel rim. A combination pierce and shave punch forms the disc opening in a single working stroke and... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4897910 | Method for removing sprinkler pipe from a field A method for removing sprinkler pipe from a field in which the sprinkler pipe is disposed in rows in the field with the sprinkler pipe in each row being formed as a sprinkler line by serially connected lengths of pipe. The method comprises grasping one en... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4897911 | Method of placing plastic tubes into existing openings In the method for placing a plastic tube having a predetermined inherent stiffness into existing openings or through-passages a hardenable material, usually a hardenable synthetic resin, is applied onto the wall of the tube before placing the latter into ... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4897912 | Method and apparatus for forming joints A method and apparatus for forming pierce type or pierceless clinch joints in two sheets of material, such as sheet metal, employs a drive system which eliminates the need for camming mechanisms and periodic adjustment of worn cams. A die and anvil are re... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4897913 | Method of using a robot for installing weather stripping in a door or like opening The present invention provides for an apparatus and method for installing weather stripping in a body door opening. In its preferred embodiment the present invention provides a robot which can load itself from a weather stripping station, transfer the wea... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4897914 | Method of making a magnetic-encoding device having hall effect devices Reproducibility in the manufacture of rotating shaft sensing encoders and similar devices employing Hall effect switching devices to sense changes in magnetic fields is achieved in the present invention by forming a frame of the encoder as a unitary or on... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4897915 | Process for producing magnetic head of floating type A process for producing a floating-type magnetic head comprising a head core and a slider by forming a glass layer over a core chip to cover the portion thereof to be opposed to a magnetic recording medium, and thereafter fitting the core chip into a core... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4897916 | Method for making a tranformer core assembly The transformer core assembly comprises a first stack of laminations having an "E" shape and including at least three legs comprising first and second, outer legs and a third, middle leg, and a second stack of laminations interlocked with the first stack ... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4897917 | Method of assembling components of an electrochemical generator using thin films of lithium In order to assemble the components of an electrochemical generator using lithium, which are in the form of thin films and comprise a lithium- or lithium alloy-based negative electrode and a solid polymer electrolyte with conduction using the lithium ion,... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4897918 | Method of manufacturing an interboard connection terminal A stack layer structure is formed wherein solderable metal layers are provided at least at two ends thereof, and at least a metal layer for preventing the diffusion of solder is inserted between the two metal layers. In an interboard connection terminal a... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4897919 | Method for producing a stamped substrate A method and apparatus is provided for forming a power distribution system during a punching operation. A planar member of conductive material is located proximate to the substrate upon which the power distribution system is to be formed. A punch used to ... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4897920 | Sheath cutting tool This invention relates to a novel cutting tool. More particularly, this invention relates to a novel cutting tool which is specifically adapted to cutting the sheath of conducting cable without cutting or damaging the underlying conducting elements of the... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4897921 | Metal cutting shear with changeable multiple cutting edge portions A material handling and metal shear attachment for a backhoe is mounted on the boom or dip stick of the backhoe for actuation by the hydraulic system of the backhoe. A fixed blade is pivotally secured to the boom or dip stick and a movable cutting blade i... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4897922 | Folding knife A folding knife apparatus has an elongated handle with a slot formed therein. A knife blade has a working edge and an edge opposite to the working edge also has an abutment portion on one end of the opposite edge. The blade has a storage position wherein ... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4897923 | Automatic line feed head apparatus for a flexible line trimmer or the like A flexible line trimmer is provided with an automatic line feeding cutting head portion which utilizes a generally U-shaped, centrifugally actuated balancing arm member to maintain the free end cutting length of the line at a predetermined length during t... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4897924 | Hand measurement apparatus Apparatus for measuring dimensions of a human hand for use in making custom-sized gloves includes a plate for supporting the hand in outstretched position and movable markers extending through the plate for locating points on the perimeter of the hand. Th... | 02/06/1990 |
