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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4956878 | Swim suit construction A garment for securely supporting a person while allowing freedom of movement that includes a front outer shell of at least two-way stretchable fabric, a first liner stretchable in at least two directions and having the same general shape as the front out... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4956879 | Garment having seamless body A garment, such as a child's sleeper, having a body portion made of sheet material, without seams, and provided with a longitudinal opening and closure means therefor, such as a slide fastener. The longitudinal opening is for putting the garment on a chil... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4956880 | Actuating device for moving a valve for emptying a flush tank The invention relates to a device for the actuation of the valve of a flush tank: a movable vertical tube (8) carries a valve (7). A linking rod (9) controls the movement of the tube, a lever (12) operates the linking rod, a member (16) operates a rod (15... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4956881 | Head support apparatus Disclosed is apparatus for supporting a person's head in a support sling. Two sections of rope extend upward from the support sling. The upper ends of the rope sections are connected to a central section of rope to form a continuous loop. The central sect... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4956882 | Bath tub liner A bathtub liner comprising a bottom panel, two lateral panels and an end panel, the panels having a non-slip surface. The lateral panels are substantially rigid and attach to the tub walls by suction cups. Affixed to the lateral panels are support members... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4956883 | Shower fixture Apparatus is disclosed for dispensing liquid soap into or adjacent to a water stream emitted from a primary shower head mounted to a water line of a selected size. The apparatus has an auxiliary shower head from which a branch line extends of a size small... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4956884 | Modular box spring mattress A modular box spring mattress includes two flexible plate units each of which consists of a plurality of plate subunits. The plate subunits of either of the plate units include a plurality of annular flanges which extend toward the adjoining plate unit. T... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4956885 | Patient support for diagnostic apparatus The invention relates to a patient support for diagnostic apparatus, notably for an MRI apparatus, comprising a stretcher on which a patient can be arranged so as to be introduced into the diagnostic zone of the apparatus, the support comprising a core of... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4956886 | Self adjustable neck support pillow A three component, self adjustable pillow is provided to support and align a user's head, and shoulders. The pillow comprises a head support base containing a soft fill such as polyester, nylon, chip foam, etc., and shaped as a round or elliptical, solid ... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4956887 | Method of metering detergent The invention relates to a method of metering detergent into a washing solution in large washing apparatuses and systems comprising measuring from a washing solution containing water and detergent a property proportional to the detergent concentration of ... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4956889 | Portable drain cleaning apparatus An improved hand held drain cleaning apparatus is disclosed which is of the type employing a flexible snake which is rotated and inserted into a waste line to remove blockage. The apparatus includes a housing in which the sanke is coiled and a guide tube ... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4956890 | Double channel blade for a windshield wiper A wiper blade for a windshield wiper includes a body, a working portion connected to the body, and two longitudinal channels. Such channels are connected to each other by a communication member provided at at least one end of the wiper blade. The inventio... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4956891 | Floor cleaner A five in one floor cleaning machine supported on wheels intermediate the front and rear of the machine, there being adjacent the rear a clean water outlet, a scrub brush, a dirty water pickup nozzle, a clean rinse water outlet, and a dirty rinse water pi... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4956892 | Cordless vacuum brush A cordless vacuum brush includes a forward vacuum assembly containing a motor, fan, a dust trap and a rearward elongated hollow handle assembly containing a plurality of battery cells connected in series for operating the motor and a built-in battery char... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4956894 | Apparatus for collecting fish eggs An apparatus for collecting fish eggs comprises a conveyor for transporting fish with the upper half of each fish inclined obliquely upward, a pair of upper and lower conveyor belts for holding the tail of each fish therebetween during transport, a pair o... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4956895 | Removable clip for portable equipment A butterfly clip removably mounted on a paging receiver or like portable equipment is made up of a support section which comprises a molding of plastics, and a clip section constantly biased by a coil spring, which is received in the support section, and ... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4956896 | Method and apparatus for forming nonwoven fiber webs The web or mat producing unit including a fiber opening and doffing mechanism mounted on a vertically adjustable platform to direct fibers randomly downwardly through an opening in the platform and onto the horizontal upper run of an endless screen, which... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4956898 | Hose clamping device A hose clamping device for reducing a winding diameter of a metallic band by rotation of a worm screw to clamp a flexible hose to a connector (nipple). The hose clamping device comprises a housing fixed to one side of a band formed with engaging portions,... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4956899 | Self clamping device Self-clamping device suitable for temporarily securing a material without damaging its surface with a force proportional to the material's weight and/or to any pulling force exerted on the material wherein the device includes a casing having an opening fo... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4956900 | Fastening device A lockable latch comprises an outer cylinder part and an inner part mounted coaxially within the cylinder for movement between first and second position which lock and unlock the latch. One of the outer and inner parts includes a resilient tongue forming ... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4956901 | Apparatus and process for forming a wad of yarn A layered yarn package is formed of continuous filament yarn wads wherein the yarn alternates between compacted an extended lengths by axially compacting the yarn into a length, segmenting the length into alternating extended and compacted lengths then ar... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4956902 | Method of predicting yarn caterpillar length A method of predicting changes in caterpillar length of yarn. The process is used in systems wherein yarn is passed through a set of hot rollers to bulk the fibre and is then contacted with an air jet to pull the yarn away from the rollers and impinge it ... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4956903 | Method of producing an insulating bushing free from any risk of explosion A method of producing a ceramic insulating bushing to be filed with dielectric gas under pressure and which is free from any risk of explosion, comprising the following operations: (1) manufacturing a ceramic bushing (10) having an inside surface which is ... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4956904 | Device for joining piping materials This invention relates to a device for joining piping materials such as a piping material and a pipe coupling. The piping materials are joined together by inserting one end of a piping material into a pipe coupling having a tapered and expanded diameter p... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4956906 | Method of preparing pre-distorted images for decorating a shaped blank According to the invention, the surface of a blank to be shaped into a product is decorated by marking on a test blank a plurality of reference points distributed over the entire surface of the test blank which will be affected by the shaping. The test bl... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4956907 | Method for safely removing, storing and ultimately disposing of needles from hypodermic needle/syringe assemblies A needle removal and storage device for removing needles from hypodermic needle/syringe assemblies and automatically receiving and safely storing removed needles within the device. The device includes a storage/containment member closed at one end and pro... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4956908 | Method for making a light-tight cassette A light-tight cassette, and method of making same, for enclosing and dispensing a roll of photosensitive web material. The cassette comprises a folded fiberboard housing having a plurality of housing wall portions with oppositely projecting lateral edges ... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4956910 | Armature assembly method An armature core subassembly and a commutator to be assembled thereon are each centered on a common axis and rotated relative to one another until a desired angular alignment is obtained between a side edge of a commutator bar and the armature core slots.... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4956912 | Universal tool holder A tool holder useful in storage battery assembly is disclosed whose jaws are activated by an internally located piston in one of the jaws. The jaws are mounted on a multiplicity of guide rods floatingly such that when the jaws are closed a work piece will... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4956913 | Pin alignment method An apparatus and method for assembling electrical connector components, including headers, connectors, and terminals, to circuit bearing substrates functions to align the terminal pins of a connector or header into a preferred position and install an annu... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4956914 | Method of making wing pulleys A method of making a wing pulley using a plurality of substantially identical building block segments. These building block segments are generally U-shaped with a tapering configuration from one end to the other. A predetermined number of the building blo... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4956915 | Sanitary nail clipping device A device for clipping fingernails and toenails which includes an enclosure having an open side facilitating insertion of a nail-carrying digital member, and having a nail clipper aperture therethrough on its opposite side from the open side. The enclosure... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4956916 | Cutting tool A pipe saddle for providing a reliable connection to a pipe. The present invention uses a barb seal which embeds within the surface of the pipe to lock the pipe saddle in place and prevent leakage. The barb seal is formed from the material of the pipe sad... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4956918 | Guide bar for the saw chain of a motor-driven chain saw The invention is directed to a guide bar for the saw chain of a motor-driven chain saw and includes a base body section on which a nose assembly section for the saw chain is releasably attached. The nose assembly section is attached to the base body secti... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4956920 | Device for determining true bearing during daytime There is proposed an instrument for determining true bearing during daytime using the sun as a reference preferably for use together and as an attachment to known angular measuring instruments, such as geniometers, the instrument consisting of a shadow pr... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4956922 | Bubble inclination gauge including a central shield for light-emitting and light-detecting means Inclination gauge having a reservoir filled with liquid and containing a gas bubble. The position of the gas bubble is detected by light detecting devices by which light going through the completely filled tube has a different convergent nature than light... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4956923 | Probe assembly including touchdown sensor A probe assembly for use at a test station for contacting a target on an electrical circuitry component. The probe assembly includes an elongate tubular housing with a base of insulative material rigidly supported in the housing adjacent one end thereof. ... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4956925 | Edge thickness caliper A caliper (10) for measuring the thickness of a blade edge composed of: a pair of opposed jaws (11,12) disposed for displacement relative to each other in a first direction, a sliding member (31) mounted to one of the jaws (12) for displacement relative t... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4956926 | Sludge treatment process A system is described for producing small uniform pellets of predetermined size which are substantially free of fines from mechanically dewatered sewage sludge. The system includes a process and apparatus for mixing the dewatered sludge with previously dr... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4956927 | Monolithic outsole An outsole construction for a shoe which provides all midsole and outsole functions with a single homogeneous moldable material thorough geometry alone is disclosed. The invention employs cut-out geometry for engineering various characteristics into an ou... | 09/18/1990 |
