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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4899395 | Concealable, self-sufficient pocket A self-sufficient pocket for concealing a small item, the pocket being attachable to the inner surface of an undergarment or garment where it is accessible only to the wearer thereof. The pocket is composed of a rectangular back sheet marginally sealed to... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4899397 | Aspirator for a tub/shower diverter assembly A two piece aspirator is constructed to be fitted within a fitting such that an annular clearance is provided between the bore that has two supply inlets and a depending cylindrical section of the aspirator body. A venturi cap member is snap fitted onto t... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4899398 | In-tank toilet dispenser Treatment of water-containing reservoirs with a cleaning composition including a water-dissipatable polyester polymer, the polyester polymer concentration in the reservoir being in an amount effective to capture heavy metal ions, thereby inhibiting staini... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4899399 | Inflatable, disposable bedpan apparatus and method This invention is an inflatable bedpan apparatus and method whereby an inflatable torus is mounted to a liquid-impervious base sheet. The torus is placed under the pelvis of a bed-ridden patient and inflated to create a waste collection reservoir on the b... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4899400 | Rain-collection pad A rain-collection pad for ponds comprising a pan-shaped pad having a horizontal bottom and four vertical, contiguous side walls, said pad being adapted to float on the exposed surface of a pond and having a stiffening means attached to at least one wall.... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4899401 | System for providing heated air bubbles to a spa or tub A system for providing heating air bubbles to a heated tub or spa positioned within a heated water circuit having heater and pump means. Included is an ambient air input conduit including a blower. Also included is a heat exchanger positioned within a flu... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4899402 | Handicap-accessible bath facility A handicap-accessible bath facility (10), and a method of making the same, involves a two piece modular wall (22) having a height and a length which are less than the height and length of an existing room (16) in which the bath facility is to be mounted. ... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4899403 | Apparatus for controlling expansion or contraction of cover cloth with respect to bed base A bed base having first and second members which are of generally U-shaped configuration so as to slidably telescope together to permit expansion or contraction of the bed base in the lengthwise direction. Locking mechanisms coact between the telescoping ... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4899404 | Elevation system for a bed assembly A system for elevating the head portion of a bed assembly defined by a mattress and a box spring foundation, including a double pivot hinge secured to the border wires on either side of the mattress, a double linkage hinge secured to the upper border wire... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4899405 | Orthopedic pillow An orthopedic pillow providing support for the head and neck of the user is disclosed. The neck is supported by either of two cylindrical neck bolsters. Either of two convoluted surfaces comprising matrices of pyramid shaped nodes are utilized to give sup... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4899406 | Folding cushion An inflatable and deflatable cushion comprising an inflatable chamber to receive an inflating fluid and further including a plurality of folding means positioned on the cushion for providing a plurality of hinge lines is disclosed. Upon deflation of the c... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4899408 | Bedding system A bedding attachment system especially for use with a baby crib. The system includes a coverlet adapted to be disposed about top, head foot and side panels and at least the peripheral edges of the top and bottom panels of a mattress. The coverlet includes... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4899409 | Manual tool for preparing tube ends for jointure A manual tool for preparing tube ends and/or pipe ends for jointure is provided, to perform the functions of scraping for cleaning, scarifying, deburring and abrading to remove grit and foreign matter such as solder, solder drops, chemical substances, or ... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4899410 | Continuous fabric treatment process In a fabric treatment process, the fabric is subjected to a decatizing finishing step using a steaming and suction cylinder immediately after it has been subjected to a treatment step in which the fabric is pressed and fixed on a steaming cylinder.... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4899411 | Process for applying a flocked coating to a cloth surface such as a tennis shoe A process for applying a flocking fiber to a cloth surface of a shoe includes the step of spraying a clean dry cloth shoe with an adhesive, which adheres to the cloth substrate without excess penetration, which remains pliable, and is not water soluble wh... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4899412 | Slipper and method of making same Toe portions of an outsole and an outsole pad are stitched together, the outsole having a longitudinally extending slit formed therethrough. A vamp is then stitched to the toe portions of the outsole with the vamp and outsole inside out from their positio... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4899413 | Golf ball cleaning device A golf ball cleaning device comprising a small water sealable container which can be carried in a golf bag, or in a compartment thereof. The container has a peripheral dimension just enough larger than the peripheral dimension of a golf ball to have room ... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4899414 | Polished surface protective sleeve for covering the electrical cord of a car wax polishing and buffing machine A polished surface protective sleeve that is used for covering the electrical cord of a car wax polishing and buffing machine. The protective sleeve is formed of an elongated tubular member having an internal diameter greater than the outside diameter of ... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4899415 | Cleaning rod handle A multipurpose handle for a gun cleaning kit has a coaxially aligned bore in one end of a cylindrical member and a perpendicular bore centrally of the member for selective threaded engagement with a cleaning rod section, to serve as either a "push" handle... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4899416 | Wind powered cleaning and polishing flap for boat rails This handrail polishing flap is designed to depend from boat handrails when the boat is not in use, so as to clean and polish the handrails by wind power only. Primarily, it consists of a panel with a bristled plastic strip in the longitudinal middle port... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4899417 | Roller applicator with folding handle A roller applicator for applying lotion to hard-to-reach areas of a person's body. The applicator has a roller, a holder in the form of a bifurcated yoke which rotatably supports the roller, and a folding handle pivoted on the holder. The holder presents ... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4899418 | Portable wet/dry vacuum cleaner and recharging base A portable wet/dry vacuum cleaner is disclosed having a handle base and a combination nozzle/debris container. The handle base comprises a housing having a motor, a blower driven by the motor, and a battery pack for energization of the motor located there... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4899419 | Pencil eraser assembly A pencil eraser assembly having elongated hollow eraser sleeve 11 formed to align in elemental parallel spaced relationship with both frustum shaped segment 18 and portion of cylindrical barrel segment 19 of pencil 16. Sleeve 11 having an opening adjacent... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4899420 | Hinge system A hinge system for a large or heavy cover member hinged to a container member. A container hinge plate is secured to a side wall of the container member and a cover hinge plate is secured to the side wall of the cover member and rotatably connected to the... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4899421 | Method and apparatus for removing fecal matter in poultry An apparatus for removing the fecal matter from the rectal cavity of slaughtered poultry in a poultry processing line, prior to evisceration, including a hollow probe for insertion into and extraction form the rectal cavity, the movements thereof being co... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4899422 | Fish processing machine with automatic length responsive cutting control mechanism A fish processing device with an automatic length responsive cutting control mechanism which controls fish processing operations in response to fish length according to fish specie input. Fish length is determined and geometrically compared to proportiona... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4899423 | Rope cleat A rope cleat having a base, a rope abutment structure on the base, a cam, and components for mounting the cam on the base so that the cam can rotate about a rotational axis for purposes of gripping a rope between the cam and the rope abutment structure is... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4899424 | Seat belt buckle A seat belt buckle 10, having a pivoted locking member 26 adapted to releasably engage with a cross-bar 34 of an apertured latch plate 24 insertable within a latch passage 22 in the seat belt buckle, includes a rigid frame 12 having an apertured rectangul... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4899425 | Apparatus for straightening weft yarns in fabrics A process and apparatus for straightening weft yarns in fabrics in which a continuous fabric web is stretched over a defined longitudinal section with a force increasing in the direction of movement, essentially in the weft direction, between two marginal... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4899426 | Method and apparatus for randomizing multiple yarn strands A winding apparatus which includes a plurality of yarn supply package stations for holding a plurality of packages of multifilament yarn, a processing station for receiving yarns from the yarn supply packages and processing the yarn, and a take-up package... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4899427 | Tensioning machine for the heat treatment of textile fabric The tensioning machine serves for a heat treatment of lengths of material which are guided widthways, particularly textile material. Two tensioning chains convey the lengths of material in the usual way through an inlet zone, a plurality of heat treatment... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4899428 | Golf club handle sleeve assembling mechanism A golf club handle sleeve assembling mechanism including a working table and a handle sleeve supporting and assembling unit. The woking table has a first clamp device provided for clamping a golf club, and a head seat provided for supporting a golf club h... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4899429 | Screen installer tool A screen installer tool includes a handle, a front portion and a rear portion. A circular disk is affixed to the front portioned and a second circular disk is affixed to the rear portion, each of which rotate as the screen installer tool is moved in a for... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4899430 | Assembly for removing a head from a golf club The method for removing a head portion with a shank section from a shaft of a golf club is effected by an assembly comprising securing means for fixing the position of a shaft of the golf club along the longitudinal axis of the shaft. Head grasping mechan... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4899431 | Anchor setting tool A tool for setting threaded anchors, having an elongated body with a longitudinal bore and a threaded shaft received in the bore and projecting beyond both ends of the body to form a nut engaging end and an anchor engaging end. The anchors to be set inclu... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4899432 | Method for adjusting the axial play between the rotor and a motor For a simple adjustment, suitable for automation, of the axial play between the rotor (1, 2) and the stator (5 to 8) of a miniature electric motor, at least one bearing (3) is axially moved relative to its bearing sleeve (51) in the end bell (5) and is fi... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4899433 | Method and device for lamination pickup from a stack The method and apparatus for pickup of packets with a varying number of stamped laminations, for instance for stators of electrical machines, from a lamination stack (98) compressed under tension between clamping plates (24, 100) is so performed that the ... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4899434 | Method of making a thin film magnetic head with a leveler layer and superstrate A thin film magnetic head having a substrate, a magnetic head and a superstrate formed of materials which are highly resistive to being abraded by a magnetic media being moved thereacross is shown. The magnetic head includes a bottom pole piece having a f... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4899435 | Sprue bushing assembly and method of making same A sprue bushing which eliminates melt leakage and a method of making the same are described. A cylindrical bushing body having a first, preselected uniform diameter has an annular cavity formed therein which axially extends within the bushing body for a p... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4899436 | Remotely controlled device for fitting and withdrawing a plug for closing a steam generator tube The device comprises a handling arm (21) arranged inside the water box of the steam generator and permitting the assembly for fitting and withdrawing a plug (22) to be placed in the alignment of the tubes of the steam generator bundle. The device addition... | 02/13/1990 |
