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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4966166 | Prophylactic device and method A tubular prophylactic device and method is disclosed which provides for frictional stimulation of the male penis during copulation while simultaneously serving as an impermeable barrier for the prevention of disease and for birth control purposes. In one... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4966167 | Surgical drape for applying traction An apparatus useful for applying a traction force from a traction force system to a limb of a patient comprising: an elongated tubular member having an open first end and an opposing second end, sized and adapted to receive a substantial portion of a limb of a... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4966168 | Ophthalmic drape with built-in mini-mask An ophthalmic shield designed to wall off an operable eye from contigious facial areas, including a clear transparent plastic ophthalmic shield having a cut-out of a sufficient size and shape to expose the eye to be operated on, said plastic shield being ... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4966169 | Process for manufacturing cigarettes A process for manufacturing cigarettes which imposes reduced health risks to the smokers thereof. According to this process redried cut rag tobacco is directly sprayed with one or more pre-selected alcohols which are capable, when the vapors thereof are i... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4966170 | Tobacco processing A method and apparatus are disclosed for applying foamed material to tobacco, and for drying and setting the foamed material, particularly in connection with the making of cigarettes. The foamed material may be added to the tobacco, for example, in the pa... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4966171 | Smoking article A smoking article in which a flavored aerosol is generated by heat transfer to a flavor bed from the combustion of a carbon heat source is provided. The article generates substantially no sidestream smoke. The transfer of heat from the heat source to the ... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4966172 | Flavor compositions and tobacco products containing 3,5,5,6,8,8-hexamethyl-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-octahydro-2-naphthalenone Flavor compositions and tobacco products containing 3,5,5,6,8,8-hexamethyl-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-octahydro-2-naphthalenone and methods for making same are disclosed.... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4966173 | Hairpiece for compensation of hair loss A hairpiece for covering areas of partial hair loss, removal or thinning on a user's head is disclosed. The hairpiece includes a band of resilient material in an arcuate shape which conforms to the user's head and biases thereagainst, and a foundation mem... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4966174 | Fingernail protector A fingernail protector is set forth utilizing an upper top convex shell formed with an arcuate convex upper surface overlying and pivoted at its forward end to an underlying shell formed with a planar bottom surface. The shells are biased in a normally op... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4966175 | Hair cosmetics coating tool A hair cosmetics coating tool comprising a main cylindrical body, a liquid hair cosmetics storage part provided in the main cylindrical body, a brush provided at the top of the main cylindrical body, a supply device for supplying the liquid hair cosmetics... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4966176 | Dental flosser This is concerned with a dental flossing mechanism in the nature of a hand tool which enables the user to easily floss his teeth, to easily change the floss between flossing operations, to easily install a new spool of floss as each spool is exhausted and... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4966177 | Ultrasonic tube cleaning system A system for ultrasonically cleaning tubes includes an elongated cleaning tank adapted to hold a quantity of detergent-containing water and a series of transducers mounted on the bottom wall of the tank in a generally linear arrangement extending between ... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4966178 | Tent movable between a collapsed position and a latched erect position A tent is disclosed having movable tent poles for supporting a flexible tent body. An apex junction member is provided for pivotally supporting one of the ends of each of the tent poles, the opposite ends of which are held in a fixed position. A tensionin... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4966179 | Emergency umbrella An umbrella includes a hollow tubular handle, a hub slidably contained in the handle between an upper extended position and a lower stored position; a spider hinge mounted on the hub and including radially extending spider arms; a plurality of flexible st... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4966180 | Expansible type triangular umbrella ribs and the related collapsing mechanism Expansible type triangular umbrella ribs and the related collapsing mechanism, wherein the expansible first main rib is arranged to penetrate through the second main rib which is connected with the linking rib, the rear end of the first main rib being dir... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4966181 | Beach wind-shielding and signalling device A rectangular fabric article of manufacture vertically supported on poles on a beach so that users on the leeward side are shielded from wind, and having color indicia or the like imprinted on the windward side to serve as a location-indicating visual sig... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4966182 | Method and apparatus for de-gelling a liquid mixture An apparatus for de-gelling a liquid mixture in accordance with the present invention includes a device interposed in the flow of the solution for agitating the solution, the agitation sufficient to substantially de-gel the solution. The device for agitat... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4966183 | Pressure regulator A gas pressure regulator with an inlet, outlet and a main valve operated by a diaphragm to vary the extent of its opening to produce at the outlet an output of compressed gas at a pressure which is reduced from the inlet pressure and closely regulated to ... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4966184 | System to avoid icing in the discharge piping of a pressure relief valve Apparatus for deicing the discharge gas from a safety relief valve includes a high pressure probe and an injection probe extending into the flow path of the discharge gas. Inlet orifices in the high pressure probe include inlet orifices facing directly up... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4966185 | Inflatable body with a valve and a packaging with such a body A valve for an orifice in an inflatable body includes an outer plate which has a central gas passage and is attached to the outside of the body and extend across the orifice, an inner plate which defines a bore hole therein and is attached to the inside o... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4966186 | Cartridge valve A faucet valve is operated by a rotatable stem which is inserted in a tube-shaped housing. The valve, preferably composed of brass, is screwed into a standard size plumbing fixture. The body of the stem is disposed between a washer preferably made of tefl... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4966187 | Valve body concerning the bathtub cold/hot water valve An improved valve body concerning the bathtub cold/hot water valve system, comprising a housing fashioned to be one-piece, a sealing ring set for the connection between the valve body water inlet and housing of the water valve system that has plane-to-pla... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4966188 | Pneumatically operated gas-pressure controller A pneumatically operated gas-pressure controller is provided having a setting device and a controller, wherein the controlling gas for the energy supply of the controller is drawn on the input side of the gas-pressure controller, fed to the controller by ... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4966189 | Tank valve mounting assembly An assembly is provided for mounting a vent valve apparatus in an aperture extending through a wall of a tank containing vapor to be vented. The vent valve apparatus includes a neck keyed to engage a flat edge of the aperture to block rotation of the vent... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4966190 | Check valve for a leak detector A check valve for a leak detector used in conjuction with a gasoline dispenser maintains the delivery line under pressure to accelerate translation of the leak detector from the relaxed position through the leak position and to the non leak position unles... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4966191 | Mixing valve assembly for single-handle faucets A single-handle faucet for mixing liquid and water and controlling the flow rate therethrough. A valve element having a generally cylindrical shut-off seal and a generally cylindrical ported seal mounted axially adjacent each other on a stem portion of th... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4966192 | Rotary directional control valve The rotary directional control valve comprises a ring mechanism which is formed in the inner peripheral surface thereof with ball fitting grooves which cooperate with the ball fitting groove or grooves of the input shaft through first balls to regulate th... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4966193 | Timing control for a dual poppet valve In a valve having first and second poppet members which control the flow of fluid from an entrance port to an outlet port. The valve has a cylindrical body with a center bore through which fluid from the second poppet member flows and is thereafter combin... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4966194 | Four-way switching valve device A four-way switching valve device which comprises a valve chamber provided with at least a liquid inflow port and a liquid flow-direction switching means comprising a plurality of liquid inflow and outflow ports and a first valve slidably mounted on the l... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4966195 | Transmission pressure regulator A pressure regulating device regulates the pressure of a flowing medium and includes a stationary member. A movable armature is disposed axially from the stationary member for moving axially in relation to the stationary member. A coil is disposed about t... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4966196 | Balanced servo-operated multiway valve A servo-operated multiway valve is disclosed which can be optionally used as both a pressurization valve and a ventilation valve for use with a fluid consuming device. The valve utilizes a valve body to allow fluid communication alternatively between two ... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4966197 | One-way valve A one-way valve comprising flat resilient members in face-to-face relationship which are bonded upon two generally parallel tracks defining a passageway therebetween, where the tracks have a tortuous profile along their inner edges.... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4966198 | Metering arrangement This invention relates to a diversion valve for a liquid metering arrangement including a liquid meter, a sampling chamber and a sub-sampler. The diversion valve has a first position allowing liquid to flow normally to the meter, sampling chamber and sub-... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4966199 | Diaphragm-type center flow check valve A center flow check valve of the diaphragm type is inexpensive to manufacture and has reliably great sensitivity in both forward and reverse flow. The valve includes an imperforate diaphragm that is loose, e.g., is not affirmatively held in place by a pin... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4966200 | Tie bolt accumulator with safety valve A tie bolt accumulator wherein a smooth cylinder is attached to end caps by means of tie bolts and a safety venting valve mechanism which insures that the tie bolt accumulator cannot be disassembled until the pressure in the tie bolt accumulator has been ... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4966201 | Transfer tube A transfer tube is produced comprised of a high density ceramic oxide tube having a low density multi-layered ceramic oxide shell directly bonded to its outer surface wall.... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4966202 | Shape retention hose construction A shape retention hose contruction and method of making the same are provided, the hose construction comprising a length of flexible tubular hose formed mainly of polymeric material and having opposite end portions and an intermediate body portion that de... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4966203 | Separator structure for guiding weaving loom harness frames The separator structure for guiding weaving loom frames comprises a pair of spaced-apart parallel plate-like elements joined to one another by at least one separate side member which extends along a portion of the periphery of the plate-like elements. Cou... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4966204 | Carbon filter tray filling machine and method A filling machine has a cabinet of generally rectangular configuration and of a suitable size so that a filter tray can be stood on its end inside the cabinet with the fill opening at the top. A filling head on top of the cabinet has a distributor manifol... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4966205 | Method and apparatus for charging transparent material The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for charging a cosmetic material which is capable of providing a transparent cosmetic material containing a three-dimensional pattern formed by a coloring material. Method and apparatus are provided ... | 10/30/1990 |
