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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4964171 | Protective shield and visor A mask protects doctors, dentists and technicians, on the one hand, and their patients, on the other, from cross-contamination with various viruses and germs. The mask is inexpensive and hence disposable after a single use, if desired. Various types of vi... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4964172 | Nursing blanket A nursing blanket for use by a nursing mother to shield her breast from public view while feeding her infant. The blanket comprises a square of woven cloth with an elastic, garter-like loop affixed near one corner of the cloth. In use, the mother inserts ... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4964173 | Dignity gowns A dignity gown having a minimum number of parts including a fully closed back portion as well as overlapping lower front portion and a top front portion that is capable of being detached temporarily via fastening means devoid any snap fasteners at all and... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4964174 | Gloves for mechanics A protective glove pair, comprising an outer glove and an inner glove within the outer glove, the inner glove being optionally removable from the outer glove, wherein the outer glove comprises a glove body and protective finger and thumb portions, the pro... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4964175 | Hair protecting device The fabric body of the device includes an inner satin-like fabric resistent to entanglement with hair engaged thereby, and an outer fabric which imparts strength, durability and cushioning to the device. Rear and side sections of the device respectively o... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4964176 | Leg rain protector A disposable device protects the bottom portions of trouser legs during rain or snowstorms. The device has two flexible plastic sheets, each sheet being rectangular and having an adhesive band, on one face, along its four edges. The adhesive band, before ... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4964177 | Bustdart-free tailoring process for a fitted-waist dress to eliminate cutting of its backpiece A bustdart-free tailoring process for a fitted-waist dress having armpits, made of a woven cloth having warp and weft yarns, and designed so as to eliminate cutting of the back piece, is performed by steam-warming and wet-treating a predetermined area of ... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4964178 | Safety helmet for motor-cyclists provided with manually-adjustable ventilation means Safety helmet for motor-cyclists and the like, provided at the top of its cap with at least one air intake, above which an aerodynamic, shaped guide fin is installed, which determines a suction of air from the interior of the helmet, between said aerodyna... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4964179 | Toilet seat for disabled persons A toilet seat assembly for the disabled, particularly those who are wheelchair bound with spinal chord injuries. The seat is fitted to a conventional toilet and is fixed or removably mounted in elevated position above the rim of the toilet bowl to provide... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4964180 | Shower strainer mounting assembly A shower strainer mounting assembly (10) comprises an elongated cast-in adaptor coupling (12) for being cast into concrete having a lower end portion (16) for receiving standard 2 inch pipe (24) and an upper portion end (18) with an inner diameter of at l... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4964181 | Combined shower head and waterproof tape deck The combination of a shower head attachment having spaced pulsating shower heads to deliver water in pulses at spaced locations of the user's body. A waterproof radio tape player containing a pre-recorded tape of instructions for use in hydrotherapy or fo... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4964182 | Transfer aid with auxiliary support system A transfer aid for elderly or infirm individuals includes a selectively swingable and longitudinally extendable center frame member which provides alternate support modes. When the center frame member is secured in a vertical operational mode, a plurality... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4964183 | Tanning tub The invention provides a tanning tub which can be inflated for use and deflated for transporting and for storage. Two tubular walls vertically stacked support a tubular air mattress attached suspended centrally between the walls. The tubes in the tubular ... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4964184 | Fitted top and bottom bedsheet combination A fitted top and bottom bedsheet combination is disclosed usable extending about a mattress to facilitate securement of the top sheet with respect to the mattress. The bedsheet combination includes a bottom bedsheet and a top bedsheet wherein the bottom b... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4964185 | Chemical solution dispenser apparatus and method of using An automatic dispenser for dispensing solid chemicals used in cleaning processes which includes (i) means for initiating dispensing of a concentrated chemical solution, (ii) means for forming a concentrated chemical solution, (iii) means for directing the... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4964186 | Floor mop head having removable scuff pad A mop head for use with a cleaning pad formed of a fibrous material, includes a plurality of lengths of string material and a band extending generally transverse to and bisecting the lengths of string material. At least one strip of pad fastening material... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4964187 | Modular element door mat The door mat comprises a plurality of section lengths each of which is provided with a male coupling element and a female coupling element, each female element being suitable for coupling to the male element of an adjoining section length, the section len... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4964188 | Clean up device The invention relates to a clean up bag, more particularly to a plastic bag that has a plastic glove which is heat sealed to one interior side of the bag. The glove has two thumbs so that it may be used by either left handed or right handed individuals. T... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4964189 | Intake seal for tank vacuum cleaner An adapter, mounted on the cylindrical sidewall of the vacuum cleaner tank, provides a receptacle for a rigid connector on which a flexible vacuum hose is sealingly mounted. The leading edge of the connector insert is beveled. A corresponding beveled surf... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4964190 | Floor nozzle of a vacuum cleaner A floor nozzle of a vacuum cleaner is provided with an upper nozzle housing hingedly connected to an intake joint of the cleaner and a lower nozzle housing securely connected to the upper nozzle housing through a bumper, with an intake opening being forme... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4964191 | Carrier and replaceable cartridge hanger assembly A vertical blind system installed over a window area has a plurality of carrier and hanger assembly units, each of which has a vertical louver or vane suspended from it. The unit has two major subcomponents. They are a frame having a chamber, and a replac... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4964192 | Multiple radius grip A cushioned grip having a unitary tubular-shaped body portion with an asymmetrical off-center cross-sectional shape. The asymmetrical off-center shape provides increased cushioning on portions thereof while retaining a moderate sized circumference. The as... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4964193 | Hinge The hinge has two leaves with interengaging knuckles. A plastic coated metal hinge pin extends through the knuckles and the knuckles are crimped onto the plastic coated hinge pin. The tighter the knuckles grip the pin the more the plastic is deformed and ... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4964194 | Apparatus and method for disjointing the thighbones of poultry carcasses An apparatus for automatically disjointing the thighbones of poultry carcasses at the proximal end of the bones. Poultry carcasses are suspended from a conveyor chain which carries the carcasses to similar first and second thigh-disjointing stations of th... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4964195 | Metallic card clothing Metallic card clothing is illustrated having sharp metallic points at tips of teeth formed by punching and thereafter exerting a mechanical force bending metal over at the tips of the teeth.... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4964196 | Cleaning machine for textile fibres with means for removing dust A coarse cleaning machine for textile fibres including a casing, a horizontal roller rotatably mounted in the casing, the roller being fitted with beater elements and bar grates are arranged on the underside of the roller. Located above and at one end of ... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4964197 | Apparatus for the production of non-woven material from endless filaments To produce non-woven materials, endless filaments in the form of a warp are drawn off a filament draw-off nozzle to which are joined a filament offlet, a filament guide tube and a spreading extruder. An amount of compressed air under high pressure is admi... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4964198 | V-shaped clip for attaching a semiconductor device to a heat sink A resilient spring clip for attaching a semiconductor to a heat sink comprising a first surface and an attachment means, the attachment means comprising a pair of V-shaped legs adapted to fit into and be secured to a slot in a heat sink so that the first ... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4964199 | Securing arrangement A security arrangement for grooved shafts or bolts uses a plurality of toothed collet members held in securing abutment by a cap member. The cap member is held in position by a displaceable chock member. The chock member is readily displaceable such that ... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4964200 | Lead making machine having improved crimping presses and actuating mechanism Lead making machine has crimping presses in which the press ram comprises a vertically extending reciprocable rod which is contained in a vertically extending static press frame. The rod and press frame have laterally extending arms between which a termin... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4964201 | Descaling abrading apparatus with abrading rolls A descaling abrading apparatus with abrading rolls comprises an apparatus frame, a bearing member, and a plurality of parallel abrading rolls supported horizontally by the bearing member. Each abrading roll includes a rotating shaft, disk-shaped abrading ... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4964202 | Heatable roll for use in calenders and the like A calender roll wherein a cylindrical shell is rotatably mounted on a stationary carrier by way of bearings which are disposed in the end portions of the shell. The median portion of the shell is heated by a first heating device, and the end portions of t... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4964203 | Aluminum shot blasted web conveying roller An aluminum roller for conveying a web has a surface prepared by blasting the surface of the roller with steel shot to create on the surface a deep texture with well rounded down features and sharp up features with peaks. The blasted surface is finished w... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4964204 | Method for making a garter-type axially-resilient coil spring A garter-type axially resilient coil spring includes a plurality of coils canted along a centerline thereof with each coil having a trailing portion and a leading portion. Specific resilient performance, or load-deflection characteristics, of the spring i... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4964205 | Method for making screw cap jar A method for converting a thin-walled container to a jar with a rigid threaded neck which will accept a conventional threaded screw cap which comprises separately forming a thin-walled container and a rigid threaded neck ring and then attaching the ring t... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4964206 | Intraocular lens anchoring filament to lens element fixation method Disclosed is an intraocular lens comprising a lens element and a plurality of haptics extending therefrom, at least one of the haptics having an anchoring filament with an enlarged complete or partial mushroom-shaped end fixedly disposed inside a passage ... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4964207 | Blade setting tool assembly for a blade seal bar and method of using A blade setting tool assembly for clamping a plurality of heat seal and cutting blades within a blade retaining channel of a three blade seal bar is disclosed. The blade setting tool assembly includes a blade positioning block having an upwardly directed ... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4964208 | Parts exchange mechanism of chip mounter A parts exchange mechanism of a chip mounter, capable of automatically exchanging parts such as a suction bit for sucking chip-shaped electronic parts to be mounted onto a printed circuit board, and a positioner for centering the same. The part exchange m... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4964209 | Method for producing a wire incrusted with abrasive grain A wire incrusted with abrasive grains characterized in that it is produced by preparing a cylindrical metallic body having a metallic rod inserted into the central part of a metallic part with a gap formed between the rod and the pipe, then filling the ga... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4964210 | Method of connecting stator coil of motor A method of connecting an end portion of a stator coil of a motor to a terminal, including the steps of locating an insulating plate on one end surface of a stator; positioning the terminal on one side of the insulating plate opposite to the other side wh... | 10/23/1990 |
